Title :
3Cat-2: A P(Y) and C/A GNSS-R experimental nano-satellite mission
Author :
Carreno-Luengo, Hugo ; Camps, A. ; Perez-Ramos, I. ; Forte, G. ; Onrubia, R. ; Diez, Rafael
Author_Institution :
Barcelona Tech Remote Sensing Lab., Univ. Politectica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
3Cat-2 is a 6 U CubeSat mission designed to perform ocean altimetry by means of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R). In this paper 3Cat-2 mission is presented. The main payload is the novel dual-band altimeter P(Y) & C/A ReflectOmeter (PYCARO) which has already been tested from a pier and from an aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea. In addition, an experiment from the DLR/SNSB Balloon-borne EXperiments for University Students (BEXUS) stratospheric balloon in North Sweden will be performed on October 2013 for the ultimate optimization of the payload parameters.
Keywords :
oceanographic equipment; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; reflectometers; remote sensing; satellite navigation; AD 2013 10; Balloon-borne EXperiments for University Students; Cat-2 mission; DLR-SNSB BEXUS stratospheric balloon; GNSS-R experimental nanosatellite mission; Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry; Mediterranean Sea; North Sweden; PYCARO; U CubeSat mission; dual-band altimeter; ocean altimetry; payload parameter optimization; Abstracts; Global Positioning System; Multifrequency antennas; Payloads; UHF antennas; 6 U cubesat; BEXUS; GNSS-R; P(Y) GPS code; PYCARO;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1114-1
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2013.6721290
