• DocumentCode
    767191
  • Title

    Innovative technologies for space-based radars

  • Author

    Zahn, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
  • Volume
    150
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6/2/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    104
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    In previous years technology developments for SAR front-end and for on-board SAR data processing have been performed at Astrium GmbH, Germany. Remarkable progress has been made in the respective demonstrator projects DESA, EUCLID RTP 9.7, and TOPAS. A summary of the major results and achievements is presented.
  • Keywords
    data compression; image coding; radar imaging; research initiatives; synthetic aperture radar; Astrium; DESA; EUCLID RTP 9.7; Germany; SAR front-end; SAR image compression; TOPAS; demonstrator projects; innovative technologies; on-board SAR data processing; space-based radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1350-2395
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-rsn:20030450
  • Filename
    1222370