Esrange, Sweden

Radar site location: 20E, 68N

Radars present:

VHF radar

VHF radar

Specifications

Customer:	Swedish Space Corporation and Institute for Space Physics, Kiruna
Mode:	MST class spaced antenna, Doppler
Frequency:	52 MHz
Peak Power (kW):	72
Installation date:	August 1996
ATRAD supplied:	all components (antennas designed by ATRAD, built by SSC)
Web sites:	General information , Latest results, or CWINDE information page.

References

Marcus, L. Mesosphere Stratosphere Troposphere radar at Esrange, Proceedings of the 12th ESA Symposium on Rocket and Balloon programmes and related research, Lille, Norway, ESPA SP-370, 417-418, 1995

Chilson, P.B., S. Kirkwood, A. Nilsson, The Esrange MST Radar: A brief introductions and procedure for range calibration using balloons, Radio Science 34(2), 427-436, March-April 1999