Title :
The wideband ionospheric sounder cubesat experiment (WISCER)
Author :
Angling, M.J. ; Kirkby, G. ; Harkness, P. ; McRobb, M. ; Vasile, M. ; Sinn, T.
Author_Institution :
Poynting Inst., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Abstract :
This paper describes a preliminary design study to assess the possibility of flying a wideband ionospheric sounder cubesat experiment (WISCER). WISCER comprises a wideband (~100 MHz) beacon on a low cost cubesat designed to measure and evaluate the ionospheric channel in anticipation of the development of operational, space-based, low frequency (i.e. around 450MHz) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems.
Keywords :
broadband antennas; satellite antennas; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; WISCER; frequency 450 MHz; ionospheric channel; low cost cubesat; synthetic aperture radar; wideband beacon; wideband ionospheric sounder cubesat experiment; Dipole antennas; Educational institutions; Ionosphere; Satellites; Space vehicles; Synthetic aperture radar; Wideband;
Conference_Titel :
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location :
Beijing
DOI :
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929714
