In-orbit SAR performance of TerraSAR-X

Author

Marquez-Martinez, J. ; Gonzalez, Christopher ; Younis, Marwan ; Wollstadt, Steffen ; Metzig, R.

Author_Institution

Microwaves & Radar Inst., Oberpfaffenhofen

fYear

2007

fDate

23-28 July 2007

Firstpage

3931

Lastpage

3931

Abstract

TerraSAR-X is the first German Radar satellite for scientific and commercial applications. The project is a public- private partnership between DLR and EADS Astrium GmbH. TerraSAR-X consists of a high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar at X-Band. The radar antenna is based on active phased array technology that allows the control of many different instrument parameters and operational modes (Stripmap, ScanSAR and Spotlight) with various polarizations. Following the TerraSAR-X launch, it is planned a six month Commissioning Phase covering the characterization and verification of the SAR mission. Within this phase, the Overall SAR System Performance takes care of the correct working and interaction of all SAR system elements essential for obtaining an optimum SAR Performance.

Keywords

performance evaluation; radar antennas; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; DLR; EADS Astrium GmbH; German radar satellite; ScanSAR; Spotlight; Stripmap; TerraSAR-X; X-band radar; active phased array technology; high resolution synthetic aperture radar; in-orbit SAR performance; public-private partnership; Antenna arrays; Instruments; Phased arrays; Polarization; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; System performance; Performance Verification; Space-borne SAR; TerraSAR-X;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Barcelona

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1211-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1212-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4423704

Filename

4423704