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Present Status of Space Debris Optical Observational Facility of JAXA at Mt. Nyukasa

Yanagisawa, Toshifumi 1, Kurosaki, Hirohisa 1, Nakajima, Atsushi1
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Publishing year2009 PublisherESA Publishing typeConference Name of conference5th European Conference on Space Debris
Pagesn/a Volume
5
 Issue
1
 Editors
H. Lacoste

Abstract

The innovative technology research center of JAXA is developing observation technology to for GEO objects in order to deal with the space debris problem. The center constructed a space debris observation facility at Mt. Nyukasa, Nagano in 2006. Equipments such as CCD cameras and telescopes were set up, and routine observation was begun. This paper presents information about the facilities and their use.

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