Title :
Spaceborne SAR Systems and technologies
Author :
Heer, Christoph ; Fischer, Christian ; Schaefer, Christoph
Author_Institution :
Earth Obs. & Sci., EADS Astrium Deutschland, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Abstract :
With the launch and operation of Europe´s first remote sensing satellite ERS-1 in the 90´s, the usefulness and need of spaceborne SAR Systems has become obvious. Meanwhile, affordable `state of the art´ technology in modern active phase array antennas has drastically improved the SAR system agility and its image performance, such that also commercial and military application is of highest interest.
Keywords :
active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Europe; active phase array antenna; remote sensing satellite; spaceborne SAR system; Antenna arrays; Phased arrays; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Sensor arrays; Space technology; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Digital Beamforming; MAPS; SAR; SCORE; TanDEM-X; TerraSAR-X;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6056-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2010.5517840
