Observation of Space Debris by the Kamisaibara Radar System

Paper number

IAC-05-B6.1.01

Author

Ms. Chikako Hirose, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Sadao Aoki, Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Michiaki Horii, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Coauthor

Dr. Syuzo Isobe, Japan Spaceguard Association, Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Shigehiro Mori, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Yoshitaka Taromaru, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Japan

Coauthor

Mr. Yosuke Yamamoto, Japan

Year

2005

Abstract

Japan’s first experimental radar system for space debris observation was built in March 2004 and equipped in Kamisaibara Space Guard Center (KSGC), which is located in Okayama Prefecture, the west part of Japan. This radar system was built by Japan Space Forum (JSF) in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). This radar is a phased array radar, which can detect up to 10 space objects at the same time and can detect objects of 0.8m2 in size at the altitude of 577km.
 Since April 2004, JAXA has been observing low-Earth orbital debris with this system. In the first year of this observation, we have observed about 200 LEO debris and we are planning to observe 300 LEO debris in the second half year.
 This paper reports the result of this one and a half-year preliminary observation at Kamisaibara and the plan of our observation in the next few years.

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