Rapid Cadence Collections with the Space Surveillance Telescope

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA has constructed the 3.5-meter Space Surveillance Telescope SST on North Oscura Peak in the White Sands Missile Range. The primary goal of the SST program is the monitoring of the Earths geosynchronous belt for microsatellites and debris. At the end of DARPAs demonstration period, the SST will undergo an Air Force Space Command utilization study. The DARPA press release announcing the existence of SST included the words SST may also provide the science community a unique asset for astronomical surveys. This paper presents the preliminary results from rapid cadence science collections 1-sec integrations every 2.5-sec of a 9.5 square degree area centered near the open cluster M67.