Title :
Sentinel-1 mission overview
Author :
Attema, Evert ; Davidson, Malcolm ; Snoeij, Paul ; Rommen, Björn ; Floury, Nicolas
Author_Institution :
Eur. Space Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
The ESA Sentinels constitute the first series of operational satellites responding to the Earth Observation needs of the EU-ESA Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme. The GMES space component relies on existing and planned space assets as well as on new complementary developments by ESA. This paper describes the Sentinel-1 mission, an imaging synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation at C-band. It provides an overview of the mission requirements, its applications and the technical concept for the system.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; EU-ESA GMES programme; EU-ESA Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme; GMES Sentinel-1 radar images; Sentinel-1 SAR constellation; Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar constellation; earth observation; synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation; Data security; Earth; Ice; Information security; Monitoring; Radar imaging; Satellites; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; GMES; RADAR; SAR; Spaceborne;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5416921
