Space Ops: For Cislunar Space, DARPA Unveils ‘Track-Before-Detect’

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Tracking objects in cislunar space is hard.

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DARPA has kicked off its “Track at Big Distances with Track-Before-Detect” program, an effort to detect and track faint objects hundreds of thousands of miles away in cislunar space. The research agency wants to advance state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms to enable commercial- or quasi...
Garrett Reim

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace and defense, including space startups, advanced air mobility and artificial intelligence.

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