MirrorSAR: An HRWS Add-On for Single-Pass Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry

Mittermayer J, Krieger G, Bojarski A, Zonno M, Villano M, Pinheiro M, Bachmann M, Buckreuss S, Moreira A (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Book Volume: 60

Article Number: 5224018

DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3132384

Abstract

This article reports the Phase A study results of the interferometric extension of the high-resolution wide-swath (HRWS) mission with three MirrorSAR satellites. According to the MirrorSAR concept, small, low-cost, transponder-like receive-only satellites without radar signal demodulation, digitization, memory storage, downlink, and synchronization are added to the planned German X-band HRWS mission. The MirrorSAR satellites fly a triple helix orbit in close formation around the HRWS orbit and span multiple single-pass interferometric baselines. A comprehensive system engineering and performance analysis is provided that includes orbit formation, MirrorLink, Doppler steering, antenna pattern and swath design, multi-static echo window timing, SAR performance, height performance, and coverage analysis. The overall interferometric system design analysis of Phase A is presented. The predicted performance of the global digital elevation model (DEM) is improved by one order of magnitude compared to presently available global DEM products such as the TanDEM-X DEM.

Authors with CRIS profile

Gerhard Krieger

Involved external institutions

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

Germany (DE) ESA Centre for Earth Observation

Italy (IT)

How to cite

APA:

Mittermayer, J., Krieger, G., Bojarski, A., Zonno, M., Villano, M., Pinheiro, M.,... Moreira, A. (2022). MirrorSAR: An HRWS Add-On for Single-Pass Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3132384

MLA:

Mittermayer, Josef, et al. "MirrorSAR: An HRWS Add-On for Single-Pass Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 60 (2022).

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