DocumentCode
670032
Title
Newly developed X-band SAR system onboard Japanese small satellite “ASNARO-2”
Author
Yokota, Yuji ; Okada, Yoshitaka ; Iribe, K. ; Tsuji, Mineo ; Ando, A. ; Kunii, Y.
Author_Institution
Kamakura works, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
fYear
2013
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
81
Lastpage
83
Abstract
ASNARO-2 is a small size Japanese earth observation satellite, which carries a newly developed X-band SAR mission system. Although the SAR mission system is light-weight and low cost system, its specification is not far behind from large satellite. It has the high resolution and wide swath. The performance of NESZ (Noise Equivalent Sigma Zero), which is less than the conventional high-spec satellite, is also a sufficient image quality. It is expected that ASNARO-2 can be more available for many users.
Keywords
remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; ASNARO-2 satellite; Japanese earth observation satellite; Noise Equivalent Sigma Zero; X-band SAR mission system; conventional high-spec satellite; image quality; Antenna measurements; Earth; Feeds; Reflector antennas; Satellites; Synthetic aperture radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR), 2013 Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location
Tsukuba
Type
conf
Filename
6705015
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