Images of satellite elements with a space-borne Sub-THz ISAR system

Emidio Marchetti; Andrew Stove; Edward Hoare; Mikhail Cherniakov; Marina Gashinova

doi:10.23919/EuRAD50154.2022.9784477

Images of satellite elements with a space-borne Sub-THz ISAR system

Emidio Marchetti^*, Andrew Stove, Edward Hoare, Mikhail Cherniakov, Marina Gashinova

^*Corresponding author for this work

Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

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Abstract

Sub-Terahertz technology (Sub-THz, 200 GHz-700 GHz) is proposed for imaging and recognition of space objects from a space-based sensor, using inverse synthetic aperture radar. Image resolution and quality are achieved thanks to the wide bandwidth available and the enhanced sensitivity of reflected signals in this band to surface texture and small features of the target. An experimental validation in controlled laboratory conditions of the system is presented. Representative parts of real satellites have been measured and images produced at sub-THz frequencies compared to lower frequency images.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 18th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	425-428
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9782874870651
ISBN (Print)	9781665447232 (PoD)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuRAD50154.2022.9784477
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2022
Event	18th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2021 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 5 Apr 2022 → 7 Apr 2022

Publication series

Name	European Radar Conference (EURAD)

Conference

Conference	18th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2021
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	5/04/22 → 7/04/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work is sponsored by the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), United Kingdom, as part of the Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) competition, contract number: DSTLX1000141364. Author would also like to thank Professor Craig Underwood, University of Surrey, for lending the satellite solar panel sample.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 European Microwave Association (EuMA).

Keywords

ISAR
satellite elements imaging
space object recognition
space-borne radar
Sub-THz

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Signal Processing
Instrumentation

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Marchetti, E, Stove, A, Hoare, E , Cherniakov, M & Gashinova, M 2022, Images of satellite elements with a space-borne Sub-THz ISAR system. in 2021 18th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)., 9784477, European Radar Conference (EURAD), IEEE, pp. 425-428, 18th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2021, London, United Kingdom, 5/04/22. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuRAD50154.2022.9784477

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Images of satellite elements with a space-borne Sub-THz ISAR system

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