Title :
Cassini Radar for remote sensing of Titan-design considerations
Author :
Im, Eastwood ; Johnson, William T K ; Hensley, Scott
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Cassini Radar is a multimode radar instrument designed to probe the optically inaccessible surface of Titan, Saturn´s largest moon. The individual modes will allow surface imaging at resolutions ranging from a few hundred meters up to 3 kilometers, surface topographic and backscatter measurements, as well as surface temperature measurements. This instrument has incorporated a number of flexible design features to accommodate the geometric variations in the flyby trajectory and to better utilize the spacecraft resources
Keywords :
Saturn; planetary satellites; planetary surfaces; radioastronomy; radiotelescopes; remote sensing; space vehicles; 13.8 GHz; Cassini Radar; SHF; Saturn; Titan; design; instrument; microwave radar radioastronomy; multimode radar instrument; planet flyby; planetary satellite; planetary spacecraft; remote sensing; spacecraft; surface; surface imaging; Instruments; Laser radar; Optical design; Optical sensors; Probes; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Saturn; Surface topography;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1240-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322272
