Specialized Arrays files Utility Patent: “System and Method for Detection and Orbit Determination of Earth Orbiting Objects.” This Radar Equatorial Array system works on the principal that ALL (non-station-kept) Earth orbiting objects will pass through a strategically placed array beam and with advanced hardware and algorithms the objects can be characterized with unprecedented accuracy immediately.
This widely-spaced radar array is designed to comprehensively detect and characterize, in one pass, ALL propagating Earth orbiting objects. Unlike all other systems, due to the diameter of the array, it doesn’t need to track each object. It accurately categorizes them in a single-pass through the beam.
The resolution of the objects it can detect and characterize is a function of the diameter of the array. Large reflector arrays are expandable to diameters not feasible with traditional phased arrays like Space Fence so therefore they can find much smaller objects at greater ranges. More information can be found here.