Space Debris Piggy Back Mode Monitoring Activities Using A Radiotelescope Facility
- Paper number
IAC-07-A6.1.08
- Author
Dr. Stelio Montebugnoli, INAF - National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy
- Coauthor
- Coauthor
Marco Bartolini, Italy
- Coauthor
Emma Salerno, Italy
- Coauthor
Dr. Giuseppe Pupillo, Italy
- Coauthor
Prof. Mario Di Martino, Italy
- Coauthor
Ing. Luca Zoni, INAF - National Institute for Astrophysics, Italy
- Coauthor
Mr. Salvatore Pluchino, Visiting Research Fellow, IRA-INAF Radiotelescopes, Italy
- Year
2007
- Abstract
Basing on the experience gained with piggy back mode SETI observation (University of Berkeley Serendip IV system) we plan to use the Medicina 32 m VLBI dish in conjunction with two transmitter antennas (5 - 7 mt), at two different frequencies 15 and 30 GHz and located respectively at 40 Km and 150 Km from Medicina, remotely operated by the field system software running at the 32 mt dish. The receiver feeds are installed on the 32 mt dish on an offset position in order to operate without giving any disturb to the ongoing radio observation activities. By means of the pointing information sent to both the transmitters, each antenna can be automatically pointed in a cross beams region (VLBI beam and tx beam) in the 100 Km and 500 Km range, in order to statistically monitor 24 hours a day for 365 days/year a big amount of positions in the sky. This way we can have an almost free of charge continuous monitoring activities on several sky positions and at two different frequencies in order to have an immediate validation of the received echo
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