The TerraSAR-X antenna system

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作者
Grafmüller, B [1 ]
Herschlein, A [1 ]
Fischer, C [1 ]
机构
[1] EADS Astrium GMBH, D-88039 Friedrichshafen, Germany
关键词
spaceborne earth observation; synthetic aperture radar SAR; TerraSAR-X; antenna; active phased array;
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
TerraSAR-X is a space borne high resolution imaging synthetic aperture system, based on advanced active phased array technology. The paper presents an overview of the TerraSAR-X frontend and discusses the strategy for antenna testing, verification and in-orbit pattern prediction. As an integral part of this approach, an antenna model has been developed which allows, on the basis of embedded subarray measurements, the calculation of the overall antenna pattern for a given gain/phase setting of the T/R-modules.
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页码:222 / 225
页数:4
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