Title :
ROSA: An advanced technological design for Radio Occultation Antenna
Author :
Catalano, V. ; Valle, P. ; Ivagnes, M.
Author_Institution :
ASI, Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) is funding several technological activities related to the study of the Atmosphere using the Radio Occultation Technique, a technique able to derive atmospheric vertical profiles of temperature, pressure and humidity. In this context ASI has committed Thales Alenia Space Italia to develop the ROSA (Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere) instrument made by two Radio Occultation antennas, one navigation antenna and one receiver. This paper is focused on the ROSA instrument, now become operative on its first space mission.
Keywords :
Atmosphere; Directive antennas; Global Positioning System; Instruments; Low earth orbit satellites; Receivers; Receiving antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; L-Band; Phased Array Antenna; Radio Occultation;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
