Mission Planning Tool for Space Debris Detection and Tracking with the MeerKAT Radar

Dhondea, Ashiv; Inggs,

doi:10.1109/radar.2019.8835735

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“…Rather than relying upon pre-existing sources of illumination, many radio telescopes are being utilised as active radar receivers as part of a bistatic system in conjunction with a cooperative radar transmitter [6], [12]. This configuration is beneficial, as the radar transmitter is ideal for the purpose of providing high-powered illumination of the RSOs.…”

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Establishing the Capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array as a Passive Radar for the Surveillance of Space

Hennessy¹,

Young²,

Tingay³

et al. 2022

Remote Sensing

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This paper describes the use of the Murchison Widefield Array, a low-frequency radio telescope at a radio-quiet Western Australian site, as a radar receiver forming part of a continent-spanning multistatic radar network for the surveillance of space. This paper details the system geometry employed, the orbit-specific radar signal processing, and the orbit determination algorithms necessary to ensure resident space objects are detected, tracked, and propagated. Finally, the paper includes the results processed after a short collection campaign utilising several FM radio transmitters across the country, up to a maximum baseline distance of over 2500 km. The results demonstrate the Murchison Widefield Array is able to provide widefield and persistent coverage of objects in low Earth orbit.

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confidence: 99%