All > Technology > Defense

• An operational space surveillance system with the mission to detect and determine the orbital elements of all man-made objects in orbit of the earth. The mission is accomplished by means of a continuous fan of continuous wave energy beamed vertically across the continental United States, and an associated computational facility. It is the Navy portion of the North American Aerospace Defense Command Space Detection and Tracking System.

  DoD Missile Defense Agency - Cite This Source - This Definition
  ×

  Cite Definition for Space Surveillance (SPASUR)

  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Space Surveillance (SPASUR). (n.d.). MDA Glossary. Retrieved March 28, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/space-surveillance-spasur.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Space Surveillance (SPASUR). www.mda.mil. MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/space-surveillance-spasur (accessed: March 28, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Space Surveillance (SPASUR)." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 28 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/space-surveillance-spasur.

• Browse Related Terms: Active Sensor, Bulk Filter, CRI, D&T, EDAC, FFD, Ground-Based Radar Terminal (GBRT), IFF, LIDAR, Line of Sight (LOS), Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX), Nadir, passive sensor, Semi-Active Sensor, Space Surveillance (SPASUR), Space-Based Sensor, Spacetrack, SPADATS, SPADTS, Target Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing, VIGILANTE