Management of radar resources for space debris tracking

Magdalena Mendijur; Massimo Sciotti; Piermario Besso

doi:10.1117/12.919186

24 May 2012 Management of radar resources for space debris tracking

Magdalena Mendijur, Massimo Sciotti, Piermario Besso

Proceedings Volume 8385, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications V; 83850Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919186
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

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 of the Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Preliminary Programme of the European Space Agency, the design of a ground-based phased array radar - aimed at debris detection and tracking - has been proposed. The sensor will provide regularly new measurements of objects' orbital parameters to the cataloguing centre. Track-while-Scan survey has been proposed for efficiently covering a wide volume of the sky, whereas Active Tracking tasks might be engaged in order to improve the tracking performance on specific targets. Concepts for combining Survey/Tracking tasks and managing the radar resources are analysed in this paper against the requirements dictated by SSA collision warning services.

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Magdalena Mendijur, Massimo Sciotti, and Piermario Besso "Management of radar resources for space debris tracking", Proc. SPIE 8385, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications V, 83850Z (24 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919186

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