Potentials and Limitations of MEO SAR

Matar J, López-Dekker P, Krieger G (2016)

Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2016

Publisher: EUSAR

Edited Volumes: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR

Conference Proceedings Title: European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR)

URI: https://elib.dlr.de/103374/

Abstract

This paper discusses the various aspects of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) missions in Medium Earth Orbits (MEO). It covers the design of suitable orbits and their corresponding coverage, with emphasis on repeat ones. Furthermore, it analyses the changes in performance as altitude increases, while addressing the potentials and limitations of high orbits. Throughout the paper one interesting orbit, repeating its ground track every 3 days and providing near-global coverage, is studied.

Authors with CRIS profile

Gerhard Krieger

Additional Organisation(s)

Professur für Kognitive Radarsysteme für die Fernerkundung

Involved external institutions

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) / German Aerospace Center DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Matar, J., López-Dekker, P., & Krieger, G. (2016). Potentials and Limitations of MEO SAR. In European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR). EUSAR.

MLA:

Matar, Jalal, Paco López-Dekker, and Gerhard Krieger. "Potentials and Limitations of MEO SAR." Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2016 EUSAR, 2016.

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