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Establishing the Capabilities of the Murchison Widefield Array as a Passive Radar for the Surveillance of Space
- Source :
- Remote Sensing, 2022, 14(11), 2571
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- 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.
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Remote Sensing, 2022, 14(11), 2571
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2206.02357
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14112571