ONERA Selects AMOS to Build French Space Surveillance Telescope
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The Providence telescope, built by the French Onera, will aim to monitor satellites in low orbit on behalf of the army. But it will also have a scientific and commercial dimension. As space becomes a little more daily a crucial sector for the military world, France
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ONERA Selects AMOS to Build French Space Surveillance Telescope
Credit: ONERA Belgium’s AMOS has been selected by the French aerospace research agency ONERA to build PROVIDENCE, a 2.5-metre ground-based telescope that will provide detailed images of satellites in low Earth orbit for the French Air and Space Force. The telescope is expected to enter service in early 2029. Preliminary studies for PROVIDENCE began in 2020, with the Haute-Provence Observatory in southeastern France selected to host the new teles…
Given the number of satellites and debris orbiting Earth, a space surveillance capability is essential to prevent collisions in orbit. France possesses a unique capability in Europe for this purpose: the GRAVES radar [large network adapted for space surveillance], designed by the French Aerospace Lab (ONERA). This article, "Thanks to ONERA, France acquires a unique space surveillance capability in Europe," first appeared on Zone Militaire.
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