Development status of Cassini Radar for remote sensing of Titan

Author

Im, Eastwood ; Johnson, William T K ; Wheeler, Kevin

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

1562

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, surface topographic and backscatter measurements, as well as surface emissivity measurements. Recently, the breadboard model of this instrument was built and has undergone a series of functional and performance tests. The results obtained from these tests indicate that the instrument design is satisfactory and that the various required performance parameters are sufficiently met

Keywords

Saturn; microwave circuits; planetary satellites; radar applications; radar imaging; radiotelescopes; remote sensing by radar; space research; space vehicle electronics; space vehicles; spaceborne radar; 13.78 GHz; Cassini Radar; SHF; Saturn planet; Titan; backscatter; breadboard model; development equipment; electric circuit; equipment; instrument; microwave; performance; planetary satellite; radar astronomy; radiotelescope; remote sensing; spaceborne radar; surface emissivity; surface imaging; surface remote sensing; topography; Instruments; Laser radar; Optical design; Optical sensors; Probes; Radar imaging; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Surface topography; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399498

Filename

399498