Radartutorial .eu ATC-Radar STAR-2000
Figure 1: DFS- Terminal Area Radar Düsseldorf, viev from the control tower
© 2008 DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung
STAR-2000 is a dedicated, solid-state, modular terminal approach radar which is suitable for both civilian and military air traffic control applications. The equipment incorporates a dedicated weather channel and its overall range capability can be extended from 60 nm (111 km) to 90 nm (167 km) through the use of incremental power increases. STAR-2000 configurations exist for stand-alone, Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR)/Identification Friend-or-Foe (IFF) associated or Mode S operation with the radar's data output format being configurable to match all transmission formats.
In summary, the radar's manufacturer cites its main features being the following:
- fixed, shelter-mounted and transportable configurations
- full coherence and clutter driven adaptive processing for improved target detection in severe clutter conditions
- independent dual-polarisation weather channel
- modular, fail-safe, online maintainable, solid-state, frequency diverse/agile transmitter
- digital frequency synthesiser and pulse compression with low time-sidelobes
- auto-adaptive moving target detection with clutter rejection techniques
- false alarm free plot extraction and tracking of up to 1,000 targets
- MSSR/IFF beacon and Mode S reinforcement
- programmable output data formatting
- full built-in test and remote monitoring
- automatic reconfiguration
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| frequency: | 2700...2900 MHz |
| pulse repetition time (PRT): | |
| pulse repetition frequency (PRF): | |
| pulsewidth (PW): | 1 µs and 75 µs |
| receive time: | |
| dead time: | |
| peak power: | 15 / 28 kW |
| average power: | |
| displayed range: | |
| range resolution: | 700 ft |
| beamwidth: | 2.8 degrees |
| hits per scan: | |
| antenna rotation: | 4 s (15 rpm) |