The area accessible from a spaceborne imaging radar, e.g. a synthetic aperture radar (SAR), generally increases with the elevation of the satellite while the map coverage rate is a more complicated function of platform velocity and beam agility. The coverage of a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite is basically given by the fast ground velocity times the relatively narrow swath width. The instantaneously accessible area will be limited to some hundreds of kilometers away from the sub-satellite point. In the other extreme, the sub-satellite point of a SAR in geosynchronous orbit will move relatively slowly, while the area which can be accessed at any given time is very large, reaching thousands of kilometers from the subsatellite point. To effective1y use the accessibility provided by a high vantage point, very large antennas with electronically steered beams are required.


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    Title :

    Concepts and Technologies for Synthetic Aperture Radar from MEO and Geosynchronous orbits


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SPIE Remote Sensing Symposium ; 2004 ; Honolulu, HI, United States


    Publication date :

    2004-11-08


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English




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