Performance assessment of the multibeam radar sensor BIRALES for space surveillance and tracking
Date Issued
2017
Author(s)
Di Lizia, Pierluigi
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Massari, Mauro
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Losacco, Matteo
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Morselli, Alessandro
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Armellin, Roberto
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Magro, Alessio
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Cutajar, Denis
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Portelli, Claudio
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Reali, Marco
Abstract
Near-Earth space has become progressively more crowded in active satellites, inactive spacecraft and debris. Consequently, an international effort is currently being devoted to improving the performance of the network of optical and radar sensors for space objects monitoring. Within this framework, the use of the novel bistatic radar sensor BIRALES is investigated in this work, which makes use of a multibeam receiver. The tailored orbit determination algorithm is described, which receives as input the data processed by the acquisition system, that digitally assembles measured radar echoes. The performances of the orbit determination process are assessed on a set of numerical simulations carried out on the NORAD catalogue, using a dedicated simulator of the sensor.
Coverage
Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Space Debris
All editors
Flohrer, T.; Schmitz, F.
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1
Conferenece
7th European Conference on Space Debris risks and mitigation
Conferenece place
Darmstadt, Germany
Conferenece date
18-21 April, 2017
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