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Space assets such as communication satellites and the International Space Station are at serious risk from collision with over 300 000 items of space debris in orbit. Currently, only a fraction of these objects can be monitored by space debris tracking stations. To enable more accurate tracking from the EOS Laser Tracking Station, a Guide Star Laser (GSL) will be installed to allow for adaptive optics (AO) corrections of the infra-red laser beam. The focus of this project was to develop a system to interface three different GSL models on the EOS 1.8m telescope. Over the last four months, a team of engineering students from the ANU have worked to determine technical requirements for this interface using a systems engineering approach. We have analysed over 150 requirements and developed a comprehensive verification and validation scheme to address system conflicts. In addition, a conceptual design in the form of a CAD model has been produced. This presentation will cover what the team has achieved, as well as the individual contributions each team member. |
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