• DocumentCode
    339417
  • Title

    Poseidon 2, the new generation altimeter for JASON mission

  • Author

    Rey, L. ; de Chateau Thierry, P. ; Jaulhac, Y. ; Carayon, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Space Ind., Toulouse, France
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    1503
  • Abstract
    Poseidon 2 is the new spaceborne altimeter designed to follow the successful TOPEX Poseidon altimetry mission. The follow-on mission JASON is under preparation and is planned to be operational in early 2000. Alcatel Space Industrie, under CNES contract, completes the engineering and qualification model and 2 flight models. This paper provides a brief overview of the instrument and describes the results obtained during the flight model ground tests. Hardware, new subsystem characteristics and primary performance results are presented
  • Keywords
    geophysical equipment; radar altimetry; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; JASON mission; Poseidon 2; altimeter; engineering and qualification model; flight model; primary performance results; spaceborne altimeter; subsystem characteristics; Aerospace engineering; Antenna measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Hardware; Instruments; Performance analysis; Qualifications; Sea measurements; Telemetry; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
  • Conference_Location
    Hamburg
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5207-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.1999.772001
  • Filename
    772001
    • Link To Document
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