BISSAT: a bistatic SAR for Earth observation

Author

Moccia, A. ; Rufino, G. ; D´errico, M. ; Alberti, G. ; Salzillo, G.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Scienza e Ingegneria dello Spazio, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Naples, Italy

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

2628

Abstract

This paper summarizes scientific rationale and technical approach for a bistatic synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mission (BISSAT). The study has been funded by the Italian Space Agency for a competitive Phase-A study along with other five missions. Its concept consists in flying a passive SAR on board a small satellite, which observes the area illuminated by an active SAR, operating on an already existing large platform.

Keywords

geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; BISSAT; Italian Space Agency; bistatic SAR; bistatic radar; equipment; geophysical measurement technique; instrument; land surface; radar remote sensing; scientific rationale; small satellite; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; terrain mapping; Antenna measurements; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency measurement; Sea measurements; Space missions; Space technology; Synthetic aperture radar; Time measurement; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7536-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026723

Filename

1026723