Comprehensive study of a space-based surveillance system for aircraft detection in Canada's outer zones

Martin P. Levesque; Daniel St-Germain; Jean-Marc Theriault; Robert Charpentier

doi:10.1117/12.221401

29 September 1995 Comprehensive study of a space-based surveillance system for aircraft detection in Canada's outer zones

Martin P. Levesque, Daniel St-Germain, Jean-Marc Theriault, Robert Charpentier

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Proceedings Volume 2553, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing III; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221401
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A surveillance concept is formulated for the detection and localization of large aircraft in the outer zone surrounding Canada, based on a cued sensor in a one-meter aperture satellite- mounted camera, working in the 8 to 12 micrometers spectral band, surveying a narrow fence enclosing the north of Canada from the Pacific to the Atlantic via the Arctic. This surveillance task can be achieved by three satellites in inclined elliptical orbits for the Arctic zone above the 50th parallel or by six satellites for a zone of surveillance extended up to the 40th parallel.

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Martin P. Levesque, Daniel St-Germain, Jean-Marc Theriault, and Robert Charpentier "Comprehensive study of a space-based surveillance system for aircraft detection in Canada's outer zones", Proc. SPIE 2553, Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing III, (29 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.221401

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