Space Situational Awareness

SPACE IN THE LOOP

We detect and track objects in orbit from space-based images and predict where they will go next.

Topics

• Tiny resident space object (RSO) detection Youssef Beshirin collaboration with Prof. Regina Lee's lab
• Diffusion models for RSO imagery Merna Tamer Youssef
• Orbit determination and propagation Looking for students

Key papers

• An On-Orbit Star Tracker Benchmark for Resident Space Object Detection and Attitude Estimation Suthakar, V., Kunalakantha, P., Lee, R. S. K., Sohn, G. · Scientific Data, 2026
• OrbitTrack: Advanced RSO Detection and Tracking from Wide Field-of-view On-orbit Images Jeong, Y. J., Suthakar, V., Qashoa, R., Sohn, G., Lee, R. S. K. · Advances in Space Research, 76(8), 4387–4400, 2025

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