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Photometry of space debris at the Astronomical Observatory of Castelgrande in 2019-2021

Sergei Schmalz1,Filippo Graziani2,Riccardo Di Roberto2,Vladimir Kouprianov3,Vladimir Lopachenko1,Viktor Voropaev1
KIAM RAS1GAUSS Srl2University of North Carolina3

Document details

Publishing year2021 PublisherESA Space Debris Office Publishing typeConference Name of conference8th European Conference on Space Debris
Pagesn/a Volume
8
Issue
1
Editors
T. Flohrer, S. Lemmens, F. Schmitz

Abstract

We present recent results of and current work on photometry of artificial satellites at the Astronomical Observatory of Castelgrande (Italy) in 2019–2020: Results of long-term photometry of upper stages Falcon 9 R/B and Atlas 5 Centaur R/B. Preliminary results of Intelsat 29E long-term photometry. On-going photometry of decaying space debris. Development of photometry software for analysis of rotation period and rotation axis orientation. Development of a new open-access database for artificial satellite photometry. Theory of a light curve modelling method with Blender 3D.

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