Title :
TerraSAR-X Instrument Operations Rooted in the System Engineering and Calibration Project
Author :
Steinbrecher, Ulrich ; Schulze, Daniel ; Böer, Johannes ; Mittermayer, Josef
Author_Institution :
German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Wessling, Germany
Abstract :
This paper presents the TerraSAR-X instrument operations embedded into the Instrument Operations and Calibration Segment. Special focus is on the data-take (DT) command generation. The command generation for standard DTs is discussed, and the nonnominal DT commanding is described for several examples which demonstrate the flexibility of both the TerraSAR-X instrument and the instrument operations system on-ground.
Keywords :
calibration; geophysical equipment; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Infoterra Synthetic Aperture Radar X-band; Instrument Operations and Calibration Segment; System Engineering and Calibration project; TerraSAR-X instrument; data take command generation; Synthetic aperture radar (SAR); TerraSAR-X instrument operations; TerraSAR-XSystem Engineering and Calibration (SEC) project;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2009.2032177
