Advancing Australia's Imaging Radar Capability Under the Novasar-1 Partnership

NovaSAR-1 is a technology demonstrator by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, UK (SSTL), and Airbus Defence and Space Ltd, funded by the UK Government via the UK Space Agency (UKSA). The NovaSAR-1 satellite utilises S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) providing medium and high resolution images of Ea...

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Main Authors: Held, Alex, Zhou, Zheng-Shu, Ticehurst, Catherine, Rosenqvist, Ake, Parker, Amy, Brindle, Laura
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
AIS
Australia
Earth
Earth observation capability
NovaSAR-1
Payloads
Radar imaging
S-band
SAR
Satellites
Spaceborne radar
Synthetic aperture radar
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Summary:NovaSAR-1 is a technology demonstrator by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, UK (SSTL), and Airbus Defence and Space Ltd, funded by the UK Government via the UK Space Agency (UKSA). The NovaSAR-1 satellite utilises S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) providing medium and high resolution images of Earth from space. In September 2017, Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) became a partner with the UK and India in the NovaSAR-1 mission through a 10 percent time-share [1]. The agreement allows CSIRO to direct the NovaSAR-1 satellite to collect data imagery on a world-wide basis through a range of observation modes with priority over the Australian region for the duration of the 7 year mission. CSIRO has designed a detailed background-, and foreground acquisition strategy for our share of the NovaSAR-1 satellite. This will provide at least two annual wall-to-wall coverages of Australia's landmass as well as supporting a wide range of existing research and basic satellite data acquisition training, to further develop Australia's Earth observation data analytics expertise, and create new opportunities in the field of remote sensing.
ISSN:2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898623