Sutter Telescope Tracks Small, Dark, Fast-Moving Space Objects

TransAstra ground-based telescope and crew
TransAstra sees value in a ground-based telescope network as well.
Credit: TransAstra
TransAstra says it has developed a breakthrough algorithm that could allow small satellites to spot and track small, dark, fast-moving objects far out in space. Since April, the startup has been testing its Sutter Telescope System proof of concept, a ground-based bundle of four telescopes, at the...

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