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Space Object Behaviors The View From the Ground 3/13/2019 1 3/13/2019 . . . antenna - pointing error thats proving difficult to fix . . . GEO Satellites Viewed from the Ground 3/13/2019 3 Ground Based Optical Observables Patent

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Space Object Behaviors

The View From the Ground

3/13/2019 1

SLIDE 2

3/13/2019

“. . . antenna-pointing error that’s proving difficult to fix . . .”

SLIDE 3

GEO Satellites Viewed from the Ground

3 3/13/2019

SLIDE 4

Ground Based Optical Observables

Astrometry Astrometry Photometry Imagery

Astrometry Photometry Imagery

Patent Application Nos. 16/280967, 16/283276, 16/283164, 16/283564, 16/283522, 16/283548, 16/283543, 16/283467, PCT/US2019/019026

Date & Time Latitude Longitude

SLIDE 5

Observable Behaviors

Attitude

✓3-Axis Stable ✓Tumbling ✓Spinning

Maneuver

✓Station Keep ✓Slot Change

Proximity Ops
Inclination Match
Fly-by
Orbit Match

✓Insertion

Deployment

✓CSO ✓Photometry

Thrusting

✓Plume

Debris

✓Intentional ✓Unintentional

Misc.
Glint

3/13/2019 5

SLIDE 6

Photometry: 3-Axis Stable

6 3/13/2019

Yesterday Day Before Yesterday

Sunset Sunrise

Day Before Day Before Yesterday

Patent Application Nos. 16/280967, 16/283276, 16/283164, 16/283564, 16/283522, 16/283548, 16/283543, 16/283467, PCT/US2019/019026

SLIDE 7

Photometry: Tumbling

7 3/13/2019

Patent Application Nos. 16/280967, 16/283276, 16/283164, 16/283564, 16/283522, 16/283548, 16/283543, 16/283467, PCT/US2019/019026

SLIDE 8

Maneuver: Slot Change

8 3/13/2019

Patent Application Nos. 16/280967, 16/283276, 16/283164, 16/283564, 16/283522, 16/283548, 16/283543, 16/283467, PCT/US2019/01 9026

SLIDE 9

Maneuver: Slot Change and Station Keeping

9 3/13/2019

Patent Application Nos. 16/280967, 16/283276, 16/283164, 16/283564, 16/283522, 16/283548, 16/283543, 16/283467, PCT/US2019/01 9026

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ExoAnalytic Proprietary 10 3/13/2019

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ExoAnalytic Proprietary 11

“ three-year-old satellite “experienced damage” — the cause of which it did not identify — resulting in a fuel leak”

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“. . . company has also not been able to confirm if debris spotted in the satellite’s vicinity broke off from the spacecraft or originated elsewhere.”

SLIDE 13

Deployment: Photo/Astro-metric & Image Evidence

13 3/13/2019

Patent Application Nos. 16/280967, 16/283276, 16/283164, 16/283564, 16/283522, 16/283548, 16/283543, 16/283467, PCT/US2019/01 9026

SLIDE 14

Insertion, Deployment, Thrusting

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