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Magnitude Standardization Procedure for OWL-Net Optical Observations of LEO Satellites

Authors :
Hong-Suh Yim
Young-Ho Bae
Young-Jun Choi
Jin Choi
Jang-Hyun Park
Youngsik Park
Sun-Youp Park
Hyun-Jung Jang
Dong-Goo Roh
Sungki Cho
Ji Hye Kim
Jung Hyun Jo
Maru Park
Source :
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Vol 32, Iss 4, Pp 349-355 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
The Korean Space Science Society, 2015.

Abstract

As a governmentally approved domestic entity for Space Situational Awareness, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) is developing and operating an optical telescopes system, Optical Wide-field PatroL (OWL) Network. During the test phase of this system, it is necessary to determine the range of brightness of the observable satellites. We have defined standard magnitude for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to calibrate their luminosity in terms of standard parameters such as distance, phase angle, and angular rate. In this work, we report the optical brightness range of five LEO Satellites using OWL-Net.

Details

ISSN :
20935587
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....1c2e650bfafeeb74c8a24654fbaaaba6