The authors present a new scientific space mission consisting of a satellite carrying a receiving-only SAR which receives the signal transmitted by the ENVISAT-1 SAR. The integration of ENVISAT-1 SAR and bistatic radar data offers an improved potentiality of surface classification, three-dimensional observation, and the opportunity of advanced scientific experiments in the field of bistatic scattering. The small satellite nominal orbit and the attitude manoeuvres are designed in order to maintain an adequate overlap between the two radar swaths along the whole orbit, taking into account the ENVISAT-1 attitude and pointing. A preliminary satellite design (2-year lifetime) is then performed to evaluate the orbit decay and to determine the appropriate orbit manoeuvres (every 4 days) to control the satellites relative phase. The numerical simulation shows that a spacecraft of about 584kg is able to meet the mission requirements.

A Bistatic SAR Mission for Earth Observation based on a Small Satellite / M., D'Errico; Grassi, Michele; Vetrella, Sergio. - In: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA. - ISSN 0094-5765. - STAMPA. - 39:9-12(1996), pp. 837-846. [10.1016/S0094-5765(97)00068-4]

A Bistatic SAR Mission for Earth Observation based on a Small Satellite

GRASSI, MICHELE;VETRELLA, SERGIO
1996

Abstract

The authors present a new scientific space mission consisting of a satellite carrying a receiving-only SAR which receives the signal transmitted by the ENVISAT-1 SAR. The integration of ENVISAT-1 SAR and bistatic radar data offers an improved potentiality of surface classification, three-dimensional observation, and the opportunity of advanced scientific experiments in the field of bistatic scattering. The small satellite nominal orbit and the attitude manoeuvres are designed in order to maintain an adequate overlap between the two radar swaths along the whole orbit, taking into account the ENVISAT-1 attitude and pointing. A preliminary satellite design (2-year lifetime) is then performed to evaluate the orbit decay and to determine the appropriate orbit manoeuvres (every 4 days) to control the satellites relative phase. The numerical simulation shows that a spacecraft of about 584kg is able to meet the mission requirements.
1996
A Bistatic SAR Mission for Earth Observation based on a Small Satellite / M., D'Errico; Grassi, Michele; Vetrella, Sergio. - In: ACTA ASTRONAUTICA. - ISSN 0094-5765. - STAMPA. - 39:9-12(1996), pp. 837-846. [10.1016/S0094-5765(97)00068-4]
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