NATO Science Presents: High-Altitude Balloon-Borne Radar

Abstract

NATO has a key role to play in emergency response and disaster relief. When a disaster strikes, getting an overview of the site is key to saving lives and stopping further damage. Until now, the only two options to get the big picture from far above have been aircraft or satellites, both of which are expensive and require infrastructure. But high-altitude balloons equipped with a new kind of radar promise to be cheap, rapid and fuel-saving.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 25, 2020
Accession Number
AD1116780

Entities

People

  • Marco Martorella

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pressure
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Amplifiers
  • Australia
  • Detectors
  • Digital Communications
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Engineering
  • High Altitude
  • High Resolution
  • High Temperature
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Line Of Sight
  • Power Amplifiers
  • Radar
  • Radar Imaging
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites