A Sourcebook for the Use of the FGAN Tracking and Imaging Radar ...
A Sourcebook for the Use of the FGAN Tracking and Imaging Radar ...
A Sourcebook for the Use of the FGAN Tracking and Imaging Radar ...
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Envisat is in orbit at an altitude <strong>of</strong> 800 km - much too far <strong>for</strong> any astronaut to ever come visiting. But to<br />
glimpse what Europe's environmental satellite looks like in space, <strong>the</strong> German Research Establishment<br />
<strong>for</strong> Applied Science <strong>FGAN</strong> has used its <strong>Tracking</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Imaging</strong> <strong>Radar</strong> (TIRA). It consists <strong>of</strong> a 34-metre<br />
parabolic antenna system with a narrowb<strong>and</strong> L-b<strong>and</strong> tracking radar <strong>and</strong> wideb<strong>and</strong> Ku-b<strong>and</strong> imaging<br />
radar providing high target resolution. The TIRA system is also used to image meteoroids <strong>and</strong> space<br />
debris.
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