The aperture array verification system 1: system overview and early commissioning results

P Benthem, R Wayth, E de Lera Acedo… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The design and development process for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio
telescope's Low Frequency Aperture Array component was progressed during the SKA pre …

Large horizontal near-field scanner based on a non-tethered unmanned aerial vehicle

L Ciorba, G Virone, F Paonessa… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A horizontal planar scanner with an approximate size of 40 mm has been implemented
using the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology. The UAV is not wired to the ground to …

Digitizing MEXART—System Overview and Verification

A Magro, J Borg, R Chiello, D Cutajar… - Journal of …, 2021 - World Scientific
The Mexican Array Radio Telescope (MEXART), located in the state of Michoacan in
Mexico, has been operating in an analog fashion, utilizing a Butler Matrix to generate fixed …

PyBIRALES: A radar data processing backend for the real-time detection of space debris

D Cutajar, A Magro, J Borg, KZ Adami… - Journal of …, 2020 - World Scientific
The growing population of artificial satellites in near-Earth orbit has made the monitoring of
orbital debris objects ever more important. Orbital debris objects pose a threat to these …

The UK 64-element SKA1-LOW development array

N Razavi-Ghods, A Magro, R Chiello… - 2023 17th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope is designed to operate concurrently over
multiple frequency bands across two continents. The low frequency instrument which will be …

[PDF][PDF] INTEGRATION OF BESPOKE DAQ SOFTWARE WITH TANGO CONTROLS IN THE SKAO SOFTWARE FRAMEWORK

AJ Clemens, D Devereux, A Magro - observatorysciences.co.uk
Abstract The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) project is an international effort to
build two radio interferometers in South Africa and Australia to form one Observatory …

[PDF][PDF] Detection of orbital debris in low Earth orbit

D Cutajar - 2020 - um.edu.mt
The ever increasing satellite population in near-Earth orbit has made the monitoring and
tracking of active satellites, and orbital debris objects ever more critical. As the in-orbit …

A Novel UAV Beam Measurement System for the SKA1-LOW Telescope

I Farhat, A Magro, M Bezzina, KZ Adami… - 2021 15th European …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a verification system to characterize the far-field beam pattern for
SKALA4 antenna using a customized drone referred to as FOX. The measurements …