GSSAP1, GSSAP2, ANGELS - Delta IV-M - Canaveral SLC-37B - 28.07.2014 23:28 UTC

[ВВК]

Интересно , а камеру с таким объективом(приближением) у нас чтоб появилась, что должно произойти?
Наверно не правильно спросил? Насколько дорога по стоимости такая камера? Это интересно потому, как наличие скажем такой камеры на Байконуре, просто добавило бы интереса к нашим запускам и сделало их более привлекательным.

[profan]

ВВК пишет:
Интересно , а камеру с таким объективом(приближением) у нас чтоб появилась, что должно произойти?
Наверно не правильно спросил? Насколько дорога по стоимости такая камера? Это интересно потому, как наличие скажем такой камеры на Байконуре, просто добавило бы интереса к нашим запускам и сделало их более привлекательным.

На суборбитальные любительские ракеты ставят оборудование стоимостью около $500 для трансляции видео в FullHD прямо с борта. Я так понимаю, было бы желание.
 

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profan пишет:

ВВК пишет:
Интересно , а камеру с таким объективом(приближением) у нас чтоб появилась, что должно произойти?
Наверно не правильно спросил? Насколько дорога по стоимости такая камера? Это интересно потому, как наличие скажем такой камеры на Байконуре, просто добавило бы интереса к нашим запускам и сделало их более привлекательным.

На суборбитальные любительские ракеты ставят оборудование стоимостью около $500 для трансляции видео в FullHD прямо с борта. Я так понимаю, было бы желание.

Спасибо за ответ. Но тут просто видимо не понятно я все же излагаю. Речь идет о том, что юсанайцы  при запуске своих РН сопровождают своими видеокамерами , с хорошим разрешением (при хорошей погоде конечно) чуть ли не на сто км , при этом, насколько я понял, они могут вести и в ИК-диапозоне, при этом качество и приближение объекта очень приличное, можно хоть детали рассматривать и сопла по-отдельности сквозь пламя, я про такую камеру хочу поговорить, может нас в Роскосмосе услышат да и купят на радость любителям космонавтики, она же ПН не уменьшает.

[profan]

Да все понятно про наземную камеру. Но она IMHO нужна не только , или скорее не столько для увлечения зрителей космонавтикой, а как средство объективного контроля. А вот вид Земли с высоты 5, 20, 100 км в цвете и высоком разрешении - зрелище завораживающее.

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profan пишет:
Да все понятно про наземную камеру. Но она IMHO нужна не только , или скорее не столько для увлечения зрителей космонавтикой, а как средство объективного контроля. А вот вид Земли с высоты 5, 20, 100 км в цвете и высоком разрешении - зрелище завораживающее.

Так сколько стоит не подскажите?

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che wi пишет:

С космодрома на мысе Канаверал запущены два американских спутника-шпиона 
  http://itar-tass.com/nauka/1346489 

Вместе со спутниками-шпионами Delta 4 также доставила в космос экспериментальный микроспутник ВВС США программы ANGELS.

Надо сказать, этот "ангелочек" оказался очень интересной зверушкой. Начинали с наноспутника, а закончили вот этаким изделием:

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В любительском каталоге появился набор TLE на объект, идентифицированный Маккантсом, как ступень "Дельты" (GSSAP r), соответствующий орбите высотой 36134 х 36214 км, периодом 1455.9 мин и наклонением 0.41 градуса. На снимке с 40-см телескопа НИЦАГ Монголии , полученном 27 августа, желающие могут поискать и ангела-хранителя...

 

[Salo]

http://spacenews.com/new-u-s-air-force-space-surveillance-satellites-require-great-precision/

New U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance Satellites Require Great Precision
by Mike Gruss — January 12, 2015
 
The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are capable of approaching and observing nearly 600 satellites in geosynchronous orbit, two former chief scientists for Air Force Space Command wrote in the November-December issue of the Air & Space Power Journal. Credit: U.S. Air Force/Sierra Nevada Corp.
 
WASHINGTON — Two high-orbiting U.S. Air Force space surveillance satellites that launched in July must show "unprecedented" maneuvering accuracy given their potential to cause damage in a heavily used belt of Earth orbit, according to a professional journal published by the service.
The Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites are capable of approaching and observing nearly 600 satellites in geosynchronous orbit, two former chief scientists for Air Force Space Command wrote in the November-December issue of the Air & Space Power Journal, a professional journal published by the Air Force Research Institute.
Air Force officials publicly disclosed the previously classified space surveillance program in February 2014 and have acknowledged that the satellites would perform rendezvous and proximity maneuvers to allow close-up looks at spacecraft in geosynchronous orbits, some 36,000 kilometers above Earth's surface.
According to an Air Force fact sheet, the two-satellite system will operate in a "near-geosynchrous orbit regime" to provide accurate tracking and characterization of man-made orbiting objects. Satellites with missions including communications and missile warning operate in geosynchronous orbit.
The new capability requires extra careful handling, Gene McCall and John Darrah wrote in the article, titled "Space Situational Awareness: Difficult, expensive — and necessary." Both men have served as chief scientist at Space Command.
"Assuredly, the Air Force and its contractors well understand that the GSSAP vehicles must possess unprecedented accuracy in terms of propulsion and positioning," the article said. "A collision will result in significant political and financial problems; moreover, it could produce debris capable of contaminating a large portion of the geosynchronous orbit. Certainly, maneuvering operations will generate very tense times at the satellite control center at Schriever."
The GSSAP satellites, built by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia, are controlled by operators at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Gen. John Hyten, the commander of Air Force Space Command, told SpaceNews in December that the service is taking it very slowly in testing the GSSAP satellites on orbit. "We're taking a very deliberate approach to checking the satellites out to make sure we understand exactly how they work, exactly how the systems are characterized, exactly what we see and understand," he said.
Hyten said he expected it would be several months before the satellites were fully operational. Two additional satellites are notionally scheduled to launch in 2016.
Eventually, the article said, the Air Force should deploy the capability to closely observe all non-U.S. satellites regardless of orbit, noting that the GSSAP program is a good first step.
McCall and Darrah also suggested that the Air Force study building a fleet of what they call "companion" space vehicles to keep tabs on non-U.S. satellites that may "contribute significantly to an adversary's war plans." The possibly reusable satellites would orbit at altitudes ranging from 150 to 2,000 kilometers.
"The companions should occupy the same orbit as the satellite of interest in close proximity to observe the actions and functions of the target," the article said. "It may be possible to design a generic companion satellite that will function as a monitor for a large class of foreign assets, or we may need to field a special satellite for each foreign asset. In either case, costs of construction, launch, and operation will be significant factors in deciding whether to deploy such devices."

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http://satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2015/0131.html

2014-43D / 40102 / GSAP r was not alone in drifting slowly westward when observed last night. About 20 arcmin to the south was a very faint object I believed to be 06-24A / 29240 / MiTEx 1. It was about two degrees west of position predicted using Mike's inttles data but diverged steadily from the predicted track during almost two hours of observations. I can find no other object to match in either USSTRATCOM or ISON data.
A third object, also very faint, was within about 30 arcsec of the rocket and perfectly fits ISON data for their object 145503 which may be 14-43C / 40101 / ANGELS.

GSSAP_r + ANGELS, сумма пяти кадров, полученных К. Поляковым на 40-см телескопе обсерватории на г. Шаджатмаз, Карачаево-Черкессия

[Безумный Шляпник]

По заявке неназванного заказчика GSSAP'ы дважды фоткали объекты на геосинхронных орбитах. Заказчик остался доволен.

http://spacenews.com/space-surveillance-sats-pressed-into-early-service/

[Salo]

http://spacenews.com/secretive-angels-satellite-part-of-new-space-experiments/

Secretive ANGELS satellite part of new space experiments
by Mike Gruss — April 14, 2016
 
The secretive ANGELS satellite launched as part of the Air Force Space Command-4 mission in July 2014. Credit: United Launch Alliance.  
 
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – The U.S. Air Force is using a little-discussed satellite that launched in 2014 as part of ongoing experiments that look at how the Defense Department and intelligence community would act during a war in space.
Gen. John Hyten, the head of Air Force Space Command, said during a press briefing here that the Defense Department has used the Automated Navigation and Guidance Experiment for Local Space, or ANGELS, satellite during recent space experiments.
The satellite launched to geosynchronous orbit in July 2014 as part of the Air Force Space Command-4 mission, but Air Force leaders have rarely, if ever, discussed the satellite in public since then.
Hyten said during a press briefing here at the Space Symposium that the Air Force has "done a bunch of interesting things with the ANGELS experiment."
Those experiments have taken place at the Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the Defense Department's space operations nerve center, and at the newer Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center at Schriever Air Force Base here in Colorado Springs, which is a joint effort between the DOD and intelligence community, he said.
He did not elaborate further.
Managed by the Air Force Research Lab at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, the satellite is intended to test multiple techniques "for providing a clearer picture of the environment around our vital space elements," according to an Air Force ANGELS fact sheet from 2014. The satellite aimed at improving methods for monitoring an increasingly contested space environment.
The ANGLES satellite was expected to spend its first year after launch monitoring the used Delta 4 upper stage of its launch vehicle from about 50 kilometers away and then gradually move closer until it was eventually only a few kilometers away. That experiment was expected to last about one year.
The Orbital ATK-built satellite also includes high-performance accelerometers that could be used to examine ways to reduce the probability of on-orbit collisions, the Air Force fact sheet.

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GSSAP-2 - всё.

U.S. deactivates GSSAP surveillance satellite, two new ones in the works

The Space Systems Command confirmed that GSSAP Space Vehicle 2, in orbit since 2014, has been deactivated.

"GSSAP 2 has run through the passivation and end of life checklist.  It is now in a graveyard orbit," Lt. Col. Greg Fertig, deputy program manager at the Space Systems Command's GSSAP Program Office, said Aug. 14 in a statement to SpaceNews.

GSSAP 2 was one of six satellites made by Northrop Grumman that the U.S. Air Force began to launch in 2014. The remaining five are still in service. The newest pair of GSSAPs launched in 2022.

The satellites are operated by Space Force units at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado. The Space Operations Command announced Aug. 2 that GSSAP 2 was out of service.