At the end of September, the island of Maui in Hawaii played host to a new edition of the ‘Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies (AMOS)’ conference. GMV took part in this event with the aim of providing a long-term vision in the field of space surveillance and also showcasing the development of its technologies to meet future challenges in this area.

The event also saw the presentation of several papers within the framework of the Industrial Doctorate program between GMV and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), focusing on research in the field of space debris.

One of the papers, under the title ‘Catalogue-based Atmosphere Uncertainty Quantification’, explained a new methodology for improving the realism of the orbit uncertainty (covariance) in the orbit determination process, applied to a catalog of objects in LEO, allowing parametric models of atmospheric density uncertainty to be estimated.

Another paper, called ‘Early Identification and Tracking of Fragments from Break-up Events’, addressed the track-to-track association method based on early optical observation to enable automatic object detection after fragmentation.

GMV also presented a study on ‘Passive Ranging Solution Design to Improve CA Services’. The presentation explained GMV’s support for collision-avoidance services with passive range observations.

AMOS is one of the leading conferences dedicated to space situational awareness and domain knowledge, as it contributes to fostering an important dialogue between international institutions.