DocumentCode
326205
Title
The SkyMed/COSMO system: SAR payload characteristics
Author
Impagnatiello, F. ; Bertoni, R. ; Caltagirone, F.
Author_Institution
Remote Sensing Eng., Alenia Aerospazio Space Div., Rome, Italy
Volume
2
fYear
1998
fDate
6-10 Jul 1998
Firstpage
689
Abstract
This paper briefly describes the results obtained in the course of the trade-off analysis and architectural design activities of the Italian X-band synthetic aperture radar. This has been carried out at Alenia Aerospazio-Space Division in the frame of internal research activities and of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) “The SkyMed/COSMO system” contract
Keywords
geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Italian radar; SAR; SHF; SkyMed COSMO system; SkyMed/COSMO; X-band; architectural design; geophysical measurement technique; microwave radar; payload characteristics; radar remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; trade-off analysis; Contracts; Costs; Design engineering; Instruments; Payloads; Pulse generation; Radio frequency; Remote sensing; Space technology; Synthetic aperture radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4403-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699552
Filename
699552
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