A team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists
are using mini-satellites that work as "space cops" to help control
traffic in space.
The scientists used a series of six images over a 60-hour
period taken from a ground-based satellite to prove that it is possible to
refine the orbit of another satellite in low earth orbit.
"Eventually our satellite will be orbiting and making
the same sort of observations to help prevent satellite-on-satellite and
satellite-on-debris collisions in space," said Lance Simms, lead author of
a paper appearing in an upcoming edition of the journal, Small Satellites.