EU-ESA Workshop on Meteor Observations for Planetary Defence

Session

Radar and radio observations

3 Nov 2026, 09:40

Petralia Sottana, Sicily

9. Using radars to probe space objects across 8 orders of magnitude in size

Daniel Kastinen

03/11/2026, 09:40

High-power large-aperture (HPLA) radars are a unique way to probe the population of small bodies near Earth as they can observe both very small particles, down to $10^{-5}$ meters in size, and very large up to hundreds of meters. The smallest particles, called meteoroids, are observable as they enter the Earths atmosphere and produce the phenomenon known as a meteor. Detection of these are...

14. Observations of fireballs and space debis with the BRAMS network

Herve Lamy (Space Physics, BIRA-IASB, Avenue circulaire 3, 1180, Brussels, Belgium)

03/11/2026, 10:05

BRAMS (Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations) is a Belgian forward-scatter radio network dedicated to meteor observations, consisting of a dedicated transmitter and more than 50 receiving stations located in Belgium and neighbouring countries. The transmitter emits a continuous-wave signal at 49.97 MHz with a power of approximately 350 W. As a consequence of the forward-scatter geometry, the range to...

20. Open discussions

27. Open discussions