Título:
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Feasibility of geosynchronous satellites for synthetic aperture radar remote sensing at Ka-BAND
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Autor/a:
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Ruiz, Josep; González, Alba; Broquetas Ibars, Antoni; Monti Guarnieri, Andrea; Carcano, Laura; Fideli, Giorgio; Rocca, Fabbio
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Otros autores:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. RSLAB - Grup de Recerca en Teledetecció |
Abstract:
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This document presents the conceptual design and analysis of a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
system based on geosynchronous satellites (GEOSAR) working at Ka-band. These satellites,
apparently orbiting in a fixed position relative to the Earth, are affected by slight perturbations of the
perfectly geostationary orbits (small inclinations and non zero eccentricities) that may be used to
generate a synthetic aperture radar for Earth Observation. The main advantage of GEOSAR is to
obtain short revisit pass (daily or less) with local coverage, thus complementary to typical Low Earth
Orbit SAR that achieve global coverage but with weekly or monthly revisit times. A further advantage
is the look direction, mainly South-North, that is truly complementary to the LEO satellites looking at
East-West. The LEO long revisit times prevent the observation of fast dynamic scenarios like natural
hazards, disasters, atmosphere, etc.
The GEOSAR main characteristics are presented and different configurations are proposed. Some
geosynchronous orbit considerations are shown to understand the particularities in the GEOSAR
geometry. The compromises between spatial resolution and sensitivity are obtained together with
basic operation parameters like Doppler Analysis, power link budget and ambiguities. |
Materia(s):
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació -Geosynchronous satellites -Signal theory (Telecommunication) -Synthetic Aperture Radar -Senyal, Teoria del (Telecomunicació) |
Derechos:
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ |
Tipo de documento:
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Artículo - Versión publicada Objeto de conferencia |
Editor:
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European Space Agency (ESA)
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