Our Research Organization
A technical consulting LLC specializing in knowledgeable, forward looking technical analysis, studies, and research related to space situational awareness and astronomical systemsResearch and Technical Services
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The TESS satellite at a range of 339,000 km with one of the Chimera EM-CCD cameras mounted on the Red Channel Spectrograph of the MMT telescope on 11 January 2019.
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A team of skilled professionals conducting space situational awareness research in an academic environment with access to world class astronomical telescopes, instrumentation, and facilities
Research Interests
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Our current space situational awareness (SSA) capabilities have evolved and matured since originally being developed in the mid-1950s, driven by the imminent launch of the first satellite Sputnik. Early development of our ground-based space surveillance systems and techniques were led by a coalition of academic and Government organizations to meet the emerging needs to detect, track, and catalog objects in earth orbit. Today our nation faces a new set of emerging challenges in an increasingly contentious and critical domain.
At the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, our research team is dedicated to developing new techniques, instrumentation, and knowledge to support our emerging SSA challenges. Our vision is to combine our collective experiences in the domain with the imagination, innovation, and diverse capabilities of the University and help solve these emerging problems. We pledge to contribute with objectivity and excellence. We strive to expand and build respectfully on the research and development legacy of our peers. We promise to leverage the strengths and traditions of academic collaboration while never compromising the need to safeguard our national security needs.
To facilitate our connection to Government and commercial sponsors, we conduct sponsored research through the University of Arizona Sponsored Projects & Contracting Services (UA/SPCS). This mechanism gives flexibility for our entire research team to contribute, enables the use of the University's world class astronomical instrumentation and facilities, and allows us to leverage cross-discipline collaborations with researchers across our campus and the world. For more focused studies and analyses, Pomenis SSA Consulting LLC provides knowledgeable, forward looking, and insightful technical consulting and research services related to space situational awareness and astronomical systems in a small business contracting environment and enables our participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.
At the University of Arizona Steward Observatory, our research team is dedicated to developing new techniques, instrumentation, and knowledge to support our emerging SSA challenges. Our vision is to combine our collective experiences in the domain with the imagination, innovation, and diverse capabilities of the University and help solve these emerging problems. We pledge to contribute with objectivity and excellence. We strive to expand and build respectfully on the research and development legacy of our peers. We promise to leverage the strengths and traditions of academic collaboration while never compromising the need to safeguard our national security needs.
To facilitate our connection to Government and commercial sponsors, we conduct sponsored research through the University of Arizona Sponsored Projects & Contracting Services (UA/SPCS). This mechanism gives flexibility for our entire research team to contribute, enables the use of the University's world class astronomical instrumentation and facilities, and allows us to leverage cross-discipline collaborations with researchers across our campus and the world. For more focused studies and analyses, Pomenis SSA Consulting LLC provides knowledgeable, forward looking, and insightful technical consulting and research services related to space situational awareness and astronomical systems in a small business contracting environment and enables our participation in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.