RADARSAT-2 space segment design and its enhanced capabilities with respect to RADARSAT-1

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-245

  Ali, Z ^a   Kroupnik, G ^a   Matharu, G ^b   Graham, J ^b   Barnard, I ^c   Fox, P ^b   Raimondo, G ^d  

^a CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^b MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates   (Canada)

^c EMS Technologies   (Canada)

^d ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGING SYSTEMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFEROMETRY; LAUNCHING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OBJECT RECOGNITION; OPTICAL IMAGE STORAGE; SATELLITE LINKS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EXTENDIBLE SUPPORT STRUCTURES (ESS); RADARSAT-2; SPACE SEGMENT DESIGN; SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 4944237454     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m03-077     Document Type: Article

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