Direct broadcast alert apparatus and method

摘要

An alert apparatus and an alert method implemented by said direct broadcast apparatus for protection against collisions with debris and the like found in the Earth's atmosphere or in space, said apparatus comprising: —a containing structure mounted outside or inside a body of an aircraft, of a space vehicle or of a flying object in general which moves through the atmosphere or the space, in which sensor means are housed that is arranged for checking a release of debris and the like, coming from said body following an explosion and/or ablation thereof that are dispersed in a hazard space (2) and/or arranged for checking conditions that are referable to said explosion and/or ablation and for detecting features of the hazard space (2), —a processing unit, arranged in the containing structure, connected to the sensor means for processing the features of the hazard space (2) in order to determine the extent and the dynamics of the hazard space (2); —transceiver means arranged for sending an output signal (B) carrying an alert message on the basis of the extent and of the dynamics of said hazard space (2) to a space vehicle (3) and/or to an aircraft (4) having a route intersecting the hazard space (2), and/or to a ground station (5, 17) and/or to an end user (6, 16) arranged on the Earth's surface (20) at a presumed impact area between the hazard space (2) and the Earth's surface (20) in order to activate respective emergency procedures, the sensor means and the transceiver means being positioned at the hazard space.

主权项

1. Direct broadcast alert apparatus for protection against collisions with debris found in the Earth's atmosphere or in space comprising:
a containing structure mounted outside or inside a body of an aircraft, of a space vehicle or of a flying object which moves through the atmosphere or the space, in which sensor means are housed that are arranged for checking a release of debris, coming from said body following an explosion and/or ablation thereof, that are dispersed in a hazard space and/or arranged for checking conditions that are referable to said explosion and/or ablation and for detecting features of said hazard space, a processing unit, arranged in said containing structure, connected to said sensor means for processing said features in order to determine the extent and the dynamics of said hazard space; transceiver means arranged for sending an output signal (B) carrying an alert message on the basis of said extent and said dynamics to a space vehicle and/or to an aircraft having a route intersecting said hazard space, and/or to a ground station and/or to an end user arranged on the Earth's surface at a presumed impact area between said hazard space and the Earth's surface in order to activate respective emergency procedures, said sensor means and said transceiver means being positioned at said hazard space.