OVERVIEW: The GE-592 is the export version of the AN/TPS-59(V).  It is an Active Electronic Elevation Scanning Array, 3-D, transportable, air search  long-range radar that operates in the "D" Band. 

DETAILS: The GE-592  is a long-range tactical surveillance radar It's Solid-state transmitter elements feed a large rectangular (9.1x4.9m) planar array that generates pencil beams scanned mechanically in azimuth. The antenna is truck- or trailer-mounted with processing electronics and operator console in a separate shelter. 

The GE-592 can detect of up to 500 targets per scan, and its 3D positional accuracy, and various console readouts and controls enable it to function autonomously in the buildup or backup ground control intercept role. Because of the radar’s large power aperture, frequency band, and solid-state receivers, the GE-592 is capable of long-range detection of low radar cross- section (RCS) targets.  It performs well in rejecting weather and surface clutter. 

Specifications:

Frequency: 		 1.215-1.4 GHz (D Band (NATO), L Band (IEEE))
Power output: 		  46 kW (peak); 54 kW (upgraded); 8.3 kW (average) 
PRF:			  unknown 	
Range Resolution:	  	1000 ft @ 100nm 
Azimuth Resolution	  	1.7°  @ 100nm
Range, altitude:	 	 500,000 feet		

Detection Range:		400nm (instrumented); 4-300 nm (actual): 
			90% POD 1m2 tgt within 200 nm
Deploy/Stow Time:		60 min 
On/Off time:		 ??

  
NOTES:  IOC for AN/TPS-59 in 1982, IOC for V3 upgrade in 1998. The GE 592 is the export version of the TPS-59 and is supplied to the UK in mobile form and to Belgium for a fixed site installation in 1979. These versions are considered the predecessors of the AN/FPS-117.

SOURCES: Forecast Internationals "TPS-59(V) - Archived 09/2003 " 03 September 2002; https://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/disp_pdf.cfm?DACH_RECNO=457; AN/TPS-59 (V)3 - Radartutorial. (n.d.). Grundlagen der Radartechnik. https://www.radartutorial.eu/19.kartei/02.surv/karte019.en.html ; The GE592 solid-state radar. (n.d.). ADS. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1980easc.conf..197G/abstract

