Title :
KOMPSAT-5 SAR design and performance
Author :
Yoon, J.C. ; Keum, J.H. ; Shin, J.M. ; Kim, J.H. ; Lee, S.R. ; Bauleo, A. ; Farina, C. ; Germani, C. ; Mappini, M. ; Venturini, R.
Author_Institution :
KOMPSAT-5 Program, Korea Aerosp. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
KOMPSAT-5 is an Earth Observation mission funded by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in order to collect SAR images of the Korean Peninsula for the Korean Geographic Information Systems and for the Korean environment and disaster monitoring System. This paper presents design and performance of the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar developed by Thales Alenia Space Italia in the frame of this program.
Keywords :
geographic information systems; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; Earth observation mission; KOMPSAT-5 SAR design; Korea Aerospace Research Institute; Korean geographic information systems; Korean peninsula; SAR images; X-band synthetic aperture radar; disaster monitoring system; Azimuth; Calibration; Chirp; Instruments; Payloads; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; KOMPSAT-5; SAR; instrument architecture; instrument performance;
Conference_Titel :
Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR), 2011 3rd International Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1351-4
