Title :
Miniature radar operations challenges
Author :
LaVallee, David B. ; Skura, Joseph P. ; Benjamin, D. ; Bussey, J. ; Winters, Helene L.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Lab., Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA
Abstract :
Mini-RF consists of two Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instruments that have both acquired data of the lunar surface. One instrument, referred to as Mini-RF, is currently orbiting the Moon onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft. A sister instrument, called Mini-SAR, flew on the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The instruments share a Payload Operations Center (POC) located at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
Keywords :
astronomical instruments; lunar surface; synthetic aperture radar; Applied Physics Laboratory; Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft; Indian Space Research Organisation; Johns Hopkins University; Laurel; Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft; Maryland; Mini-RF; Mini-SAR; Payload Operations Center; Synthetic Aperture Radar instruments; lunar surface; miniature radar operations; Instruments; Moon; Orbits; Pipelines; Radar; Software; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7350-2
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2011.5747622
