Title :
Innovative technologies for space-based radars
Author_Institution :
Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany
fDate :
6/2/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In previous years technology developments for SAR front-end and for on-board SAR data processing have been performed at Astrium GmbH, Germany. Remarkable progress has been made in the respective demonstrator projects DESA, EUCLID RTP 9.7, and TOPAS. A summary of the major results and achievements is presented.
Keywords :
data compression; image coding; radar imaging; research initiatives; synthetic aperture radar; Astrium; DESA; EUCLID RTP 9.7; Germany; SAR front-end; SAR image compression; TOPAS; demonstrator projects; innovative technologies; on-board SAR data processing; space-based radar;
Journal_Title :
Radar, Sonar and Navigation, IEE Proceedings -
DOI :
10.1049/ip-rsn:20030450
