Sentinel-1 radar mission: Status and performance

Author

Snoeij, Paul ; Attema, Evert ; Davidson, Malcolm ; Duesmann, Berthyl ; Floury, Nicolas ; Levrini, Guido ; Rommen, Bjõrn ; Rosich, Betlem

Author_Institution

ESTEC Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands

Volume

25

Issue

8

fYear

2010

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

39

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 describes the Sentinel-1 mission, as imaging synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation at C-band. It provides an overview of mission requirements, its applications and the technical concepts for the system.

Keywords

artificial satellites; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; C-band; EU-ESA Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme; Earth observation needs; SAR satellite constellation; Sentinel-1 radar mission; imaging synthetic aperture radar; satellites; Availability; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Orbits; Radar; Radiometry; Space vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2010.5552610

Filename

5552610