Present and Future Airborne and Space-Borne Systems

Abstract

The state of the art of both airborne and space-borne SAR systems with polarimetric interferometry capability, their technological, system technical and application related specifications, and recent results obtained as well are presented shortly with respect to their relevance for Polarimetry and Interferometry capabilities. Space-borne SAR interferometry in two pass mode reaches altitude accuracies of about 10 m and in one pass mode of <6 m. Differential interferometry accuracies in the cm range have been obtained. In order to reach these values an exact system calibration is indispensable. The calibration of space-borne systems will be discussed using SRTM as an example. The future development of space-borne systems will be discussed shortly also.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA437504

Entities

People

  • Wolfgang Keydel

Organizations

  • German Aerospace Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Acquisition
  • Airborne
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • C Band
  • Cartography
  • Detectors
  • Earth Orbits
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geography
  • High Resolution
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Remote Sensing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects