Nostradamus
Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics
Figure 1: Nostradamus single radiator
(48°38'30.1" N 1°04'50.8" W)
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| frequency: | 3 … 30 MHz
(HF-Band) |
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| instrumented range: | 800 … 3 000 km |
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Nostradamus
Nostradamus (NOuveau Système TRAnshorizon Décamétrique Appliquant les Méthodes Utilisées en Studio) is a French military Over-The-Horizon (Backscatter) radar operating in the HF band, resulting from the STUDIO (Systme de Traitement Universel de Diagnostic IOnosphriques) research project.
The monostatic antenna consists of 288 single bi-conical radiators. They are arranged in Y-shaped three antenna groups, each 384 m long and 80 m wide. Of these, only the individual radiators located within a radius of 120 m are used for transmission. Nostradamus can electronically steer its sounding signal in any direction.
Nostradamus became operational at the beginning of this millennium.