Surveillance of Space using Passive Radar and the Murchison Widefield Array

Abstract

In this paper we build upon recent work in the radio astronomy community to experimentally demonstrate the viability of passive radar for Space Situational Awareness. Furthermore, we show that the six state parameters of objects in orbit may be measured and used to perform orbit characterisation/estimation.

arXiv commentPublished in: 2017 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf) URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7944483&isnumber=7944108

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