SENTINEL-1 Satellite System architecture: Design, performances and operations

Author

Taini, Giacomo ; Panetti, Aniceto ; Spataro, Francesca ; Bruno, Claudio ; L´Abbate, Michelangelo ; Notarantonio, Anna ; Barrasso, Sergio ; Torres, Ramon ; Lokas, Svein

Author_Institution

Thales Alenia Space Italia, Rome, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

22-27 July 2012

Firstpage

1722

Lastpage

1725

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the main features of GMES SENTINEL-1 Satellite System, a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite for Earth Observation. The main system requirements are presented as drivers for the design of satellite and operations. The paper will include a description of the satellite general architecture, the decomposition into modules and a description of all functional subsystems. In addition, the major design challenges, the most critical developments, the main performances and operational concepts are outlined.

Keywords

geophysical techniques; geophysics computing; synthetic aperture radar; C-band synthetic aperture radar satellite; Earth observation; GMES SENTINEL-1 satellite system architecture; operational concepts; satellite design; satellite general architecture; satellite operation; satellite performance; Europe; Orbits; Payloads; Propulsion; Satellites; Space vehicles; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1160-1

Electronic_ISBN

2153-6996

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351190

Filename

6351190