Recent Advances of the BIRALET System about Space Debris Detection

Space debris is internationally recognized as a planetary threat. Efforts to enhance the worldwide radar monitoring networks have been intensified in last years. Among new radars employed for observations, one of most promising Bistatic Radar Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Tracking (BIRALET), which employs Sardinia Radio Telescope receiving segment. The (SRT) has recently proven be reliable instrument space and, this purpose, over years undergone some substantial modifications order able rise status fully functional receiver. However, an extensive measurement campaign, assess real potential radar, never done before. In paper, authors present first campaign SRT, made between December 2018 and October 2019 using dedicated channel P-band A total 27 objects were correctly detected during characterized by cross section (RCS) interval 0.13 13.4 m2 range 459 1224 km.