Rainbow Robotics is accelerating the construction of a mid- and high-orbit optical surveillance system, playing a key role in advancing domestic space surveillance technology.

Rainbow Robotics announced on the 15th that the mid- and high-orbit optical surveillance system construction project, which it is promoting in collaboration with the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, has entered the full-scale execution phase.

The project (BRAHE), led by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and implemented by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, aims to establish a national core infrastructure to reliably monitor space hazards in the geostationary and medium-high orbit areas.

The project is producing visible results, with the recent completion of the test bed observatory at the headquarters of the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute and the installation of the observatory dome and enclosure.

Rainbow Robotics is involved in the entire process of this project, from manufacturing and installation of the optical surveillance system to establishing the initial operational foundation.

After signing the contract in September of last year, the detailed system design was completed, and in November, the technical completeness and implementation direction were checked through a design review meeting.

The newly constructed testbed observatory will serve as a key infrastructure for future system integration and operational verification.

The project to build a medium- and high-orbit optical surveillance system will be promoted through a four-stage annual contract structure.

Among these, the 3rd and 4th contracts are for the overseas observatory construction stage, and in the 3rd contract, The first overseas observatory will be established in the Australian region, and the second overseas observatory will be established in the fourth phase.

Through this, a global surveillance system will be established in stages, starting with domestic test bed observatories and expanding the surveillance scope to overseas bases.

Rainbow Robotics is focusing on increasing the stability and reliability of its optical surveillance system by sequentially performing installation, system integration, and functional verification at each stage.

In the future, the production of mounts, a key component of optical surveillance systems, will begin in earnest, and overseas observatories will be installed based on these mounts.

After installation, operational tests and functional verification procedures are performed to ensure that the system operates stably in an actual observation environment.

This process is flexible and adaptable to the needs of the partner organizations and local circumstances, and is focused on developing a surveillance system capable of long-term operation.

Ultimately, the goal is to establish a national surveillance system capable of reliably monitoring geostationary satellites and surrounding space objects based on one domestic and two overseas observatories.

This project is significant in that it will gradually build a mid- and high-orbit optical surveillance system through collaboration between domestic research institutes and industry.

The series of processes from design to production and installation is evaluated as an important turning point that shows that domestic space surveillance technology has moved beyond the research-centered stage and entered the stage of building actual operational infrastructure.

Rainbow Robotics is contributing to strengthening Korea's space risk surveillance capabilities by building a stable and reliable optical surveillance system.

Lee Jeong-ho, CEO of Rainbow Robotics, said, “Space risk surveillance technology is a field of increasing national importance, so we will implement a highly reliable system through phased construction and verification.”