Patent ID: 11953579
Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 3:
4. A bi-static or multi-static radar system for aerial surveillance of a region of interest, the radar system aiming at geolocating an aircraft in the region of interest, the radar system comprising:
at least one transmitter device, wherein the transmitter device is to be on board a satellite orbiting the Earth, the transmitter device is configured to cooperate with at least one receiver device, and when the transmitter device is on board the satellite in orbit, the transmitter device is configured to obtain information relating to a region of interest to be monitored by the at least one receiver device of the radar system, wherein the radar system is a backward-scattering bistatic radar system, wherein the at least one receiver device is carried on mobile platforms, each transmitter device being configured to transmit a signal in a radio beam illuminating at least a portion of the region of interest,
the at least one receiver device to be positioned to monitor the region of interest.