• 2018 Beam-park observations of space debris with the EISCAT radars 

      Vierinen, Juha; Kastinen, D; Markkanen, Jussi; Grydeland, Tom; Kero, Johan; Horstmann, A.; Hesselbach, S.; Kebschull, C.; Røynestad, Elisabeth; Krag, Holger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019)
      Monitoring the evolution of the space debris environment requires regular radar observations of the space debris population. This study presents the results from 24 hours of beam-park observations of space objects conducted simultaneously with the EISCAT Svalbard and Tromsø radars on and between January 4th and 5th, 2018. The measurements are processed with a new matched filter bank analysis program, ...
    • EISCAT 3D: the next generation international atmosphere and geospace research radar 

      Kero, Johan; Kastinen, D; Vierinen, Juha; Grydeland, Tom; Heinselman, Craig J.; Markkanen, Jussi; Tjulin, A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019)
      EISCAT_3D is the next generation international atmosphere- and geospace research radar under development in Arctic Europe. Construction have started in September 2017 and the radar system is expected to be operational in the end of 2021. The EISCAT_3D facility will be distributed across three sites in Northern Scandinavia - in Skibotn, Norway, near Kiruna in Sweden, and near Karesuvanto in Finland. ...
    • Next-generation Space Object Radar Tracking Simulator: SORTS++ 

      Kastinen, D; Vierinen, Juha; Kero, Johan; Hesselbach, S; Grydeland, Tom; Krag, Holger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2019)
      We describe the software toolbox SORTS++ which is the next-generation Space Object Radar Tracking Simulator (SORTS). This toolbox is able to simulate general Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) applications from catalogue maintenance to cold-start performance for radar systems or collections of radar systems. We have applied this toolbox to the EISCAT 3D radar system, currently under construction, ...