NASA CARA - Air Traffic Control in Spaaaaaaaace

A Google TechTalk, presented by Alan Christopher, 2024-03-07 Project CARA NASA CARA Orbital Collision Avoidance Technology. ABSTRACT: NASA's Conjunction Analysis and Risk Assessment (CARA) mission is tasked to detect and advise on close approaches between Earth-orbiting satellites. Join us for a discussion of the core algorithms underpinning it, and why it's necessary and useful in the first place.