castle
Schloss Drachenburg
A flamboyant 19th-century villa-castle on the Drachenfels above the Rhine, reached by Germany's oldest cogwheel railway.
7 km · about 15 min drive
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · Europe
Berkum works well as a base: 5 minutes from Pech, 25km from Laacher See.
Berkum is a town located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 2,432, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Berkum sits in Germany, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Berlin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Berkum to your route.
The Tracking & Imaging Radar (TIRA) system serves as the central experimental facility for the development and investigation of radar techniques for the detection and reconnaissance of objects in space, and (to a certain degree) of air targets.
TIRA is located at the FGAN site, in Wachtberg near Bonn, Germany. It isRead more
run by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft-FHR – the Fraunhofer-Institut für Hochfrequenzphysik und Radartechnik (High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques), part of the German Fraunhofer Society.
TIRA has a 34-metre parabolic dish antenna which is a monopulse radar operating at 1.333 GHz or 22.5 cm (L band) and 16.7 GHz or 1.8 cm (Ku band) wavelengths. The L-band is usually used for tracking debris with a 0.45° beam width, at 1 MW peak power. The system is capable of determining orbits from direction angles, range and Doppler shift for single targets. The detection size threshold is about 2 cm at 1000 km range. The radar conducts regular ‘beam park’ experiments, where the radar beam is pointed in a fixed direction on the celestial sphere for 24 hours, scanning 360° in a narrow strip a complete Earth rotation. The tracking sensitive can be enhanced when the TIRA system is used as a transmitter, part of a bistatic radar system. In conjunction with the Effelsberg Radio Telescope, functioning as a receiver, the combined system has a detection size threshold of 1 cm. The Ku-band is used for imaging in Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) mode, with 13 kW peak power, the radar is capable of producing images with range resolutions better than 7 cm. The dish can be turned full 360° in azimuth with speed of 24° per second and 90° in elevation. The radar is protected by a radome with 47 meters diameter – one of the largest in the world.
Due to its capabilities, the system is used as a radar tracking system for space debris and other in-orbit object in the ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme (SSA).
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Berkum is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6232 latitude, 7.1342 longitude.
Berkum has a population of approximately 2,432 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
Full driving guide for Germany8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
A flamboyant 19th-century villa-castle on the Drachenfels above the Rhine, reached by Germany's oldest cogwheel railway.
7 km · about 15 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A dragon-legend hilltop ruin in the Siebengebirge offers Rhine panoramas that inspired Byron and generations of romantics.
7 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
A tranquil circular lake filling a dormant volcanic caldera in the Vulkaneifel, with gas bubbles still rising at its shore.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A serene six-towered Romanesque Benedictine abbey sits beside a volcanic crater lake in the Eifel's Vulkaneifel.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Award-winning German theme park near Cologne known for incredibly detailed theming and innovative ride experiences.
27 km · about 30 min drive
cafe
The cafe overlooking the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife, where motorsport fans watch cars tackle the Green Hell while enjoying coffee and bratwurst.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
A legendary trackside bar and cafe at the Nurburgring where racers and enthusiasts have gathered for decades to swap stories from the Nordschleife.
35 km · about 40 min drive
cafe
A cafe in the Nurburgring Ring Boulevard complex where fans watch lap times on giant screens and spot supercars heading to the Nordschleife tourist drives.
35 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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