DocumentCode
744042
Title
Enabling orbit determination of space debris using narrowband radar
Author
Grassi, Mauro ; Cetin, Ediz ; Dempster, Andrew G.
Author_Institution
Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Volume
51
Issue
2
fYear
2015
fDate
4/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1231
Lastpage
1240
Abstract
A conceptual radar platform design for detecting space debris down to 1 cm in diameter is presented for space situational awareness. Using known imaging algorithms, we show it is possible to overcome the problems associated with the typically small radar cross sections to yield a radar-attributable vector. Given the latter, the problem of matching the observation to a unique piece of debris is tackled independently of the imaging, or the detection, problem.
Keywords
image matching; radar cross-sections; radar detection; radar imaging; space debris; narrowband radar detection problem; observation matching problem; radar attributable vector; radar imaging problem; radar platform design; small radar cross sections; space debris orbit determination; space situational awareness; Doppler radar; Imaging; Orbits; Radar imaging; Space debris; Spaceborne radar;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9251
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAES.2015.140129
Filename
7126178
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