Salerno, EmmaEmmaSalernoPUPILLO, GiuseppeGiuseppePUPILLO2023-02-272023-02-272012http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/33930In the framework of the Space Situational Awareness Precursor Programme (SSA-PP), the European Space Agency (ESA) required the Istituto di Radioastronomia of the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF-IRA) to develop and execute a work plan under the Statement of Work SSA-SST-RAD-SOW-0001: Medicina Support Activities for Surveillance Validation and Operations. The purpose of the work plan was to check the suitability of the INAF-IRA Northern Cross radio telescope to participate in the SSA program. In particular UHF-band measurements at the Medicina observing site were required in order to test the Northern Cross array as receiving part of a ground-based radar system for space debris monitoring at different orbital regions.STAMPAenResearch reportFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation::PE9_17 Instrumentation – telescopes, detectors and techniques