PyBIRALES: A Radar Data Processing Backend for the Real-Time Detection of Space Debris

The growing population of artificial satellites in near-Earth orbit has made the monitoring of orbital debris objects ever more important. Orbital debris objects pose a threat to these satellites a...

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