Over the past decade, global space launch cadences have grown dramatically, frequently placing multiple payloads into orbit on a single booster. Robust Space Domain Awareness (SDA) and precise characterization of resident space objects are vital to safeguarding the orbital environment. To confront this emerging national security risk, a team of scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) partnered with Rocket Lab and the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) to deliver an optical payload for the VICTUS HAZE tactically responsive space (TacRS) mission under the
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LLNL signal and imaging engineer Aditya Mohan is driven by a simple but ambitious goal: to view the world through as many different wavelengths as possible. "I have a dream to bring together all the different ways of seeing an object, from X-rays to visible light to microwaves, to learn everything there is to know about its structure and properties," he said. "A leaf is green because it reflects green light. Millimeter waves can detect items inside a shipping box. X-rays can see through soft tissue and show your bones. Different wavelengths show different things about the same object." As
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