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This paper proposes an a priori knowledge-based adaptive clutter cancellation and moving target detection technique applied to the distributed spaceborne SAR-GMTI systems. Firstly, the adaptive clutter cancellation technique is exploited to suppress the ground clutter. A priori knowledge, such as road network information, is integrated to the adaptive clutter cancellation processor to reduce any moving target steering vector mismatch. Secondly, adaptive matched filter (AMF) and adaptive beamformer orthogonal rejection test (ABORT) are exploited as adaptive detection techniques for moving target detection. Due to the dense road network, the moving target steering vector estimation may be ambiguous for the different position and orientation of the roads. The multiple hypothesis testing (MHT) technique is proposed to detect the moving targets and resolve the potential ambiguities. A scheme is exploited to detect, classify, and relocate the moving targets. Finally, simulation experiments and performance analysis have demonstrated the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed technique.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15092467","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,8]],"date-time":"2023-05-08T05:09:19Z","timestamp":1683522559000},"page":"2467","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Priori Knowledge Based Ground Moving Target Indication Technique Applied to Distributed Spaceborne SAR System"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3473-9503","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bin","family":"Cai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"The Institute of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710077, China"}]},{"given":"Xiaolong","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing 100089, China"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunication Technology, Beijing 100089, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4557-9581","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jia","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Institute of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710077, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7737-4639","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tianhao","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Institute of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710077, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1460-4289","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ying","family":"Luo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Institute of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi\u2019an 710077, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1016\/j.actaastro.2005.03.035","article-title":"The SAR Train Concept: An Along-Track Formation of Sar Satellites for Diluting the Antenna Area over N Smaller Satellites, While Increasing Performance by N","volume":"57","year":"2005","journal-title":"Acta Astronaut."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3350","DOI":"10.1109\/TGRS.2014.2374422","article-title":"Performance Evaluation of a GLRT Moving Target Detector for TerraSAR-X Along-Track Interferometric Data","volume":"53","author":"Budillon","year":"2015","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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