Argus: A UK citizen science study in support of the surveillance of space

摘要

Space debris poses a collisional risk to satellites that are essential to everyday life here on Earth. This issue is not, however, always appreciated by the wider public outside the space tracking domain. Dstl initiated the Argus experiment (named after the Greek god known as "the all-seeing one") with the aim of harnessing the enthusiasm of amateur astronomers within the UK to bring space debris tracking to the masses.