The telescope — which saw first light in 2011 and underwent years of testing — is now ready for work in the southern hemisphere, where it will join the global Space Surveillance Network for ...

The U.S.-built Space Surveillance Telescope, based in Western Australia, achieved initial operational capability on Sept. 30. (U.S. Space Force) WASHINGTON — A U.S.-built space-monitoring ...

On September 30, Australia’s Department of Defence announced the Space Surveillance Telescope—a special tool just for this kind of scanning—is operational.

Recently relocated to Australia, the Space Surveillance Telescope has achieved first light, a significant milestone in its journey to reentering operations in 2022. Achieving first light means that ...

Workers raise a 14,800-pound Ground Based Electro Optical Deep Space Surveillance system telescope mount into position at the Maui Space Surveillance Complex in Hawaii, Nov. 3.

Called the Space Surveillance Telescope, the 3.5-meter, 90-ton telescope will allow for the monitoring of objects as small as softballs an astonishing 22,000 miles away.

Space Surveillance Telescope DARPA As satellites become more common, they face growing risk of colliding with space debris and even each other.

To keep tabs on everything zooming around 22,000 miles above the surface, DARPA’s developed this keen-eyed space surveillance telescope. Literally called the Space Surveillance Telescope (SST ...

NASA ditched the idea of including surveillance cameras on Webb because of technical complexities and risk. The telescope’s novel size and shape — with one side of its sunshield deflecting ...

Some Hawaii residents oppose plans from the U.S. Space Force to build a suite of new telescopes designed to track ... Haleakalā Observatory and the 15th Space Surveillance Squadron (15 ...

Boeing Defense, Space and Security of St. Louis worked with the Air Force Research Laboratory to build the so-called sodium guide star laser, which is installed on a 3.5-meter telescope at ...