Development and Orbit Demonstration of Small Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite

Our group at ISAS/JAXA have developed a X band synthetic aperture radar system compatible with 100kg small satellite since 2013. The ground resolution is 1-3m with strip map mode and sliding spotlight mode. A new start-up company launched a demonstration satellite in Dec.2020 and successfully perfor...

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Main Authors: Saito, Hirobumi, Tanaka, Koji, Mita, Mako, Akbar, Prilando Rizki, Pyne, Budhaditya, Tanaka, Masato, Onodera, Naoto, Hirokawa, Jiro, Obata, Toshihiro, Ishimura, Kosei, Watanabe, Hiromi
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
deployable slot array antenna
in-orbit demonstration
Orbits
Photovoltaic cells
Radar antennas
Satellite antennas
Slot antennas
small SAR satellite
Small satellites
Strips
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Summary:Our group at ISAS/JAXA have developed a X band synthetic aperture radar system compatible with 100kg small satellite since 2013. The ground resolution is 1-3m with strip map mode and sliding spotlight mode. A new start-up company launched a demonstration satellite in Dec.2020 and successfully performed the first SAR observation in Feb.2021. We report the summary of the SAR development and the orbital demonstration.
ISSN:2474-2333
DOI:10.1109/APSAR52370.2021.9688479