Upgrading the Italian BIRALES system to a pulse compression radar for space debris range measurements

Space debris represent a major risk for every spacecraft and satellite. In fact, other than cause serious damages to these structures, new collisions could exponentially increase the amount of debris and so the level of threat represented by the objects. To avoid new impacts, the monitoring of the s...

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Published in2018 22nd International Microwave and Radar Conference (MIKON) pp. 317 - 320
Main Authors Pisanu, Tonino, Schirru, Luca, Urru, Enrico, Gaudiomonte, Francesco, Ortu, Pierluigi, Bianchi, Germano, Bortolotti, Claudio, Roma, Mauro, Muntoni, Giacomo, Montisci, Giorgio, Protopapa, Fabio, Podda, Angelo, Sulis, Andrea, Valente, Giuseppe
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw University of Technology 01.05.2018
Subjects
bistatic radar
Extraterrestrial measurements
Northern Cross Radio Telescope
pulse compression radar
Radar measurements
Radio transmitters
range measurements
Receivers
Space debris
Spaceborne radar
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Summary:Space debris represent a major risk for every spacecraft and satellite. In fact, other than cause serious damages to these structures, new collisions could exponentially increase the amount of debris and so the level of threat represented by the objects. To avoid new impacts, the monitoring of the space environment with space-based and ground-based measurement campaigns is necessary. The ground-based measurement can be implemented with optical or radar technologies. In this paper the upgrade of the Italian BIRALES radar system for space debris, that initially performed only Doppler measurements, is described. With its new features the BIRALES will be able to perform even range measurements.
DOI:10.23919/MIKON.2018.8405212