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U.S. Spy Satellite

(March 3, 2008) — AGI's Center for Space Standards & Innovation (CSSI) in Colorado Springs has USA 193 Post-Shootdown Analysis available on its CelesTrak Web site.

Resources generated from free AGI Viewer software include:

  • Observing Aircraft and USS Lake Erie screenshot
  • Video View of USS Lake Erie screenshot
  • Engagement Geometry at Time of SM-3 screenshot
  • Debris Orbits at Time of SM-3 Luanch screenshot
  • Plot of Orbital Decay Rate of USA 193 Debris

(February 20, 2008) — Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) is providing free graphics, animations, and interactive AGI Viewer files to broadcast, online, and print media for use in stories related to the U.S. Navy's firing of a modified SM-3 missile at a failing U.S. spy satellite.

The computer-generated video, which can be previewed below, depicts a notional deployment of U.S Navy ships in the Northern Pacific firing an SM-3 missile at the failed satellite and successfully intercepting it. To create the animation, AGI used its debris modeling and prediction software to show where the debris could go based on statistical breakup models, which simulate debris generation using distributions of mass, area, material density, velocity, and magnitude. The analysis shows that as the debris (green dots) orbits, much of it starts to "fall out" of orbit and burn up upon re-entry (red dots).

AGI's STK software can also be used to propagate satellites, simulate missile trajectories, generate debris from impact through dispersion, and analyze and visualize these capabilities in 3D. Discover more about AGI's modeling and simulation of debris by reviewing our Space Debris Web page, or reading the recently presented white paper, "Investigating Orbital Debris Events Using Numerical Methods with Full Force Model Orbit Propagation."

  • Video

  • In all uses, please courtesy "Video courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc. (www.agi.com)."

    Media requiring broadcast-quality video can request an FTP link for downloading content from media@agi.com.

    Users should not infer risk or consequences from this presentation, and AGI bears no responsibility for the consequences of any conclusions drawn from this information.

    Spy Satellite Video (low bandwidth)

  • Interactive 3D Viewer File

  • In all uses, please courtesy "Video courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc. (www.agi.com)."

    U.S. Sat Debris VDF (Login Required)

    This VDF depicts STK's ability to investigate and understand orbital debris events from impact through dispersion, propagate satellites, simulate missile trajectories, and analyze and visualize these capabilities in 3D.

  • High-Resolution Images

  • In all uses, please courtesy "Video courtesy of Analytical Graphics, Inc. (www.agi.com)."

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  • AGI Contact Information

  • For additional information or to set up interviews with AGI and CSSI technical experts, please contact:

    Press Contact:
    Joanne Welsh
    Strategic Product Marketing Manager
    Analytical Graphics, Inc. Phone: 610-981-8148 (w) or 610-457-4385 (c)
    E-mail: media@agi.com; jwelsh@agi.com

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