Patent ID: 7551121

Claim:
A multi-target tracking and discrimination system comprising at least one central station for receiving and processing information, at least one optical sensor station communicating with the at least one central station for detecting and relaying information about objects in space, optical stations distributed around the planet communicating with the central station for providing space surveillance orbital metrics data, a plurality of detectors communicating with the central station for providing information relative to the objects in space, and at least one command center communicating with the central station for coordinating and responding to data and information processed by the central station and launching responsive action reactive to the information and data, wherein the detectors comprise early warning radars, X-band radars, detector radars, lidar, and infrared space-based detectors and the command center integrates and coordinates data from the detectors and optical stations transmitted by the central station and positional information from the optical stations is sent by the central station to the radar and lidar, wherein the at least one optical sensor station comprises at least one focal-plane-array and at least one commercial off-the-shelf product.