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Nostradamus

Description of the radar set, tactical-technical characteristics

Figure 1: Nostradamus single radiator
(48°38'30.1" N   1°04'50.8" W)

Figure 1: Nostradamus single radiator
(48°38'30.1" N   1°04'50.8" W)

Specifications
frequency: 3 … 30 MHz
(HF-band)
pulse repetition time (PRT):
pulse repetition frequency (PRF):
pulsewidth (τ):
receiving time:
dead time:
peak power:
average power:
instrumented range: 800 … 3 000 km
range resolution:
accuracy:
beamwidth:
hits per scan:
antenna rotation:
MTBCF:
MTTR:

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.