Radar observations in low earth orbit

D Mehrholz - Advances in Space Research, 1997 - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview on radar techniques for the observation of space debris in
low Earth orbits which were developed at FGAN in the frame of DARA and ESA/ESOC study …

Radar techniques for the characterization of meter—sized objects in space

D Mehrholz - Advances in Space Research, 2001 - Elsevier
The Tracking and Imaging Radar (TIRA) system at the Forschungsgesellschaft für
Angewandte Naturwissenschaften eV (FGAN) is the most capable experimental radar facility …

Radar detection of mid-size debris

D Mehrholz - Advances in Space Research, 1995 - Elsevier
Worldwide there is growing awareness of the hazard and long-term consequences of space
debris to space activities and astronomical research. Ground based radars and telescopes …

[PDF][PDF] Monitoring space–efforts made by european countries

H Klinkrad - International Colloquium on Europe and Space Debris, 2002 - spp.fas.org
The number of space objects monitored by USSPACECOM up to geostationary altitudes is
on the order of 10,000. These objects need to be larger than 10 to 30 cm in order to be …

[PDF][PDF] Operational review and analysis of the s3t surveillance radar

CP Hernández, MAR Prada… - … of the 8th …, 2021 - conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int
ABSTRACT The Spanish Space Surveillance and Tracking Surveillance Radar (S3TSR) is a
radar system developed by Indra within a project technically followed by ESA and funded by …

Management of radar resources for space debris tracking

M Mendijur, M Sciotti, P Besso - Sensors and Systems for …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Tens of thousands of debris are expected in the near future in the most critical Low Earth
Orbit regimes, hence representing a serious threat for European space assets. In the frame …

Recent results of orbital debris measurements from the Haystack radar

E Stansbery, D Kessler, M Matney - 33rd Aerospace Sciences Meeting …, 1995 - arc.aiaa.org
Knowledge of the orbital debris environment has come from many sources including the
catalog of orbiting objectsmaintained by the US Space Command (USSPACECOM) …

The SRT, Near-Earth objects, and space debris

GB Valsecchi, A Milani, A Rossi… - Memorie della Società …, 2006 - adsabs.harvard.edu
The improvements, by means of radar observations, of the accuracy with which the orbits of
near Earth asteroids and comets are determined are a key factor in order to be able to …

[PDF][PDF] GRAVES: the new French system for space surveillance

M Th, J Eglizeaud, J Bouchard - Proc. 4th European …, 2005 - conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int
The GRAVES system is a space surveillance system developed by the French Aerospace
Research establishment (ONERA) under contract from the French MoD. It consists of a …

Space debris detection in low Earth orbit with the Sardinia radio telescope

G Muntoni, L Schirru, T Pisanu, G Montisci, G Valente… - Electronics, 2017 - mdpi.com
Space debris are orbiting objects that represent a major threat for space operations. The
most used countermeasure to face this threat is, by far, collision avoidance, namely the set of …