BalSAR: A Stratospheric Balloon-Borne SAR System

Marco Martorella; Elias Aboutanios

doi:10.1007/978-94-024-2021-0_25

BalSAR: A Stratospheric Balloon-Borne SAR System

Marco Martorella^*, Elias Aboutanios

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Surveillance systems are continuously employed for both military and civilian applications, including homeland security and border protection, which are two main concerns to NATO and in particular to the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) programme. Several platforms and systems, developed in past years, have turned into surveillance systems that are currently used in such scenarios. This paper describes a high-altitude balloon-borne synthetic aperture radar (BALSAR) system, which is currently under development as part of a NATO funded project within the SPS programme. Such a system will be able to perform surveillance tasks by acquiring radar data, forming SAR images and using them to extract valuable information.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B
Subtitle of host publication	Physics and Biophysics
Publisher	Springer Vieweg
Pages	283-294
Number of pages	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-2021-0_25
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Name	NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics
ISSN (Print)	1874-6500
ISSN (Electronic)	1874-6535

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Keywords

Airborne surveillance
High-altitude platform
Stratospheric balloon
Synthetic aperture radar

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Biotechnology
Biophysics
General Physics and Astronomy
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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