DORIS radar calibration method

Following the interest expressed by ESA and FGAN, it was decided to realise some evaluation of the DORIS calibration method with the TIRA radar. This paper, organised in four parts, describes: - the importance of radar calibration in the space debris domain - the principle of the DORIS calibration method - the results obtained with the TIRA FGAN radar using the DORIS reference - the advantages of the DORIS calibration and the future uses of this method in an European exercise involving for the ESA benefit both French and German radars.