US Patent Issued on March 17 for "Passive radar system for detection of low-profile low altitude targets" (New Mexico Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,451, issued on March 17.

"Passive radar system for detection of low-profile low altitude targets" was invented by Pavlo Anatoliyovich Molchanov (Las Cruces, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A passive radar system and method of detection of low-profile low altitude targets based on the application of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellite signals. The staring array of directional antennas covers the entire sky and provides continuous illumination (receiving reflected satellite signals) from multiple targets for fast detection, recognition, and target tracking and increasing detection range. The coupling of...