Nostradamus (radar)

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Aerial view of the location from the northwest (antenna field in front right)

Nostradamus ( French nouveau système transhorizon décamétrique appliquant les méthodes utilisées en Studio ) is a French military over-the- horizon radar . The facility is located on the former Dreux-Louvilliers Air Base of the United States Air Forces in Europe in the Eure-et-Loir department .

The system was developed by ONERA and is operated by the French Air Force . Nostradamus transmits on short wave with a pulse repetition time of 30 ms. The antenna field consists of 288 seven meter high biconical antennas , which are set up in a star-shaped structure with three rows each approx. 400 m long, offset by 120 degrees.

literature

  • V. Bazin, JP Molinié, J. Munoz, P. Dorey, S. Saillant, G. Auffray, V. Rannou, M. Lesturgie: A general presentation about the OTH-Radar NOSTRADAMUS. In: 2006 IEEE Conference on Radar, 2006, pp. 634-638, ISBN 0-7803-9496-8 .
  • V. Bazin, JP Molinié, J. Munoz, P. Dorey, S. Saillant, G. Auffray, V. Rannou, M. Lesturgie: Nostradamus: An OTH Radar. In: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, 2006 (21), 10, pp. 3-11.

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Coordinates: 48 ° 38 '30.1 "  N , 1 ° 4' 50.4"  E