Anduril demos night-vision sensor for tracking satellites in darkness
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The United States has learned to see satellites in complete darkness – Anduril tested a space thermal imager
The maneuvers of satellites in orbit are monitored in the optical and radio range, which limits the observation areas to the sunlit side of the planet and the location of the radars. Thus, satellites in the Earth’s shadow over areas […]Read more at Aroged
Anduril says its first satellite can see spacecraft maneuver in orbital night
Launched in July on a SpaceX rocket and built on an Apex Space bus, ANDURIL-216 carries an Anduril-made thermal sensor and two third-party cameras. Anduril's space unit now employs more than 350 people, and the company says it paid for the work itself.
Anduril claims that its Anduril-216 satellite tested in orbit an infrared sensor designed to observe space objects during eclipses, when optical surveillance may lose sight of them. The company wants to convert that capability into space domain awareness data for the U.S. military, not into a current offer of commercial satellites or sensors.
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