DocumentCode
126348
Title
The wideband ionospheric sounder cubesat experiment (WISCER)
Author
Angling, M.J. ; Kirkby, G. ; Harkness, P. ; McRobb, M. ; Vasile, M. ; Sinn, T.
Author_Institution
Poynting Inst., Univ. of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
fYear
2014
fDate
16-23 Aug. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
This paper describes a preliminary design study to assess the possibility of flying a wideband ionospheric sounder cubesat experiment (WISCER). WISCER comprises a wideband (~100 MHz) beacon on a low cost cubesat designed to measure and evaluate the ionospheric channel in anticipation of the development of operational, space-based, low frequency (i.e. around 450MHz) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems.
Keywords
broadband antennas; satellite antennas; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; WISCER; frequency 450 MHz; ionospheric channel; low cost cubesat; synthetic aperture radar; wideband beacon; wideband ionospheric sounder cubesat experiment; Dipole antennas; Educational institutions; Ionosphere; Satellites; Space vehicles; Synthetic aperture radar; Wideband;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
Conference_Location
Beijing
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929714
Filename
6929714
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