About NAUCRATES
The project ‘Microsatellite for Geostationary Orbit Surveillance and Intelligence’ (NAUCRATES) will design and demonstrate a microsatellite with less than 100kg mass, positioned in a stable orbit outside the GEO belt, as an in orbit optical sensor with the capability to approach other objects in GEO to take centimeter level resolution images. The NAUCRATES satellite, with an envisaged 3 to 5 years lifespan, will feature a stealth design not to be visible by ground radars, telescopes or SIGINT and will host an optical telescope using special infrared for images transmission to minimize eavesdropping possibilities.
Related PESCO project: European Military Space Surveillance Awareness Network (EU-SSA-N).
