The feasibility of a synthetic aperture radar for search and rescue applications was demonstrated with aircraft experiments. One experiment was conducted using the ERIM four-channel radar and several test sites in the Michigan area. In this test simple corner-reflector targets were successfully imaged. Results from this investigation were positive and indicate that the concept can be used to investigate new approaches focused on the development of a global search and rescue system. An orbital experiment to demonstrate the application of synthetic aperture radar to search and rescue is proposed using the space shuttle.
Space shuttle search and rescue experiment using synthetic aperture radar
WESCON/76
1977-01-01
Conference paper
No indication
English
Space shuttle synthetic aperture radar
NTRS | 1975
Space Shuttle Synthetic Aperture Radar
NTIS | 1975