A new telescope designed to predict dangerous space encounters has been commissioned in Russia
On the territory of the Altai Territory, thanks to the active work of specialists from the Institute of Applied Mathematics (IPM) named after M. V. Keldysh RAS, a new telescope was put into operation, which will allow specialists to predict dangerous encounters in near-Earth space much more efficiently.
New telescope in action and its main tasks
The telescope put into operation is, first of all, a high-precision means of monitoring various space objects, including spacecraft operating in different orbits.
Its use will significantly increase the level of control over objects that can carry a potential threat, for example, the ISS in the event of a dangerous approach.
In addition, this telescope will also solve various computational problems directly related to government programs for nuclear and thermonuclear energy, as well as participate in a detailed study of space space.
In addition, representatives of the IPM RAS announced that they have already created a unified classifier of the so-called dangerous events that occur in near-earth orbit.
Recall that the Russian station will be the second such object on Earth. The first was commissioned back in 2017 at the Pico dos Diaz Observatory (Brazil).
In fact, such stations will eventually become desperately needed. And all because with each new launch (of which there are more and more from year to year), the amount of debris in orbit only increases.
And if you do not track debris in orbit, then soon it will be simply impossible to safely launch rockets, which means that the implementation of all space programs will be jeopardized by failure.
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