The invention relates to a method for monitoring moving space objects, the method being implemented by a
monitoring system (100), comprising the following steps: - sliding acquisition of at least one stack (12, 12') of image frames of space along a known trajectory on the
celestial sphere, each stack of frames comprising at least three frames, each frame being recorded with an
exposure time of less than 1 second, - detection, in the
field of view, of a plurality of
stars (14, 55), preferably several dozen, -
estimation of the coordinates of the detected
stars, - identification of the detected
stars with a
list of reference stars extracted from a stellar catalog, comprising several thousand reference stars, - establishment of a coordinate relation linking the celestial coordinates to the coordinates in the frames of the stars present in the
list of reference stars, - detection of at least one moving
space object (15,56) in at least one stack and
estimation of their dated frame coordinates, - conversion of the dated frame coordinates of each detected moving
space object into coordinates on the
celestial sphere by the coordinate relation. Figure for abbreviation: [Fig. 1 ],