Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
Images of earth can be produced with an assumed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on a satellite platform undergoing a nutating relative motion from geosynchronous altitude. From a 50 deg inclined circular orbit, the contiguous United States can be imaged in about 3 h of segmented operation at 100-m resolution with 4-azimuth-look averaging. The 2450-MHz transmitter radiates 1312 W of average power from a steerable 15-m-diam antenna. The SAR can image daily an area bounded longitudinally and latitudinally.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
(ISSN 0196-2892)
Format:
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