Installation, Test and Operation of SEASAT Optical Signal Recorder at Shoe Cove, Newfoundland.

Abstract

This Canadian Defence report details the installation and operation of a precision Optical Signal Recording System for Synthetic Aperture Radar transmissions from SEASAT-A Satellite. The system was for the most part constructed under two contracts with Canadian and U.S. industries. Uncorrelated imagery stored on high density, digital and analog tapes was transposed onto film as interferrograms for optical correlation at DREO. The resulting imagery was acceptable as survey quality for archiving by NAPL. The Remote Sensing Section of DREO coordinated the installation and testing of the Recorder at the Shoe Cove Satellite Receiving Station, Newfoundland. In March 1980 the recorder was removed from Shoe cove for installation at DREO Ottawa. Keywords include: SEASAT, Optical recorder, Interferograms, SAR, CRT, HDDT recordings.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA151879

Entities

People

  • D. J. Difruscio
  • J. W. A. Salt

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Bandwidth
  • Circuit Boards
  • Electronics
  • Gas Bearings
  • High Resolution
  • Optical Correlators
  • Optical Phenomena
  • Photographs
  • Power Supplies
  • Recording Systems
  • Signal Processing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Video Amplifiers
  • Video Signals

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Oceanography.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects