Analysis Of Sentinel-1 Mission Capabilities
Conference: EUSAR 2010 - 8th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/07/2010 - 06/10/2010 at Aachen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2010
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Attema, Evert; Snoeij, Paul; Torres, Ramon (ESA – Keplerlaan 1 Postbus 299 AG 2200 Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
Pietropaolo, Andrea; Scaranari, Daniele; Mastroddi, Vanessa; Occhigrossi, Silvia; Bruno, Claudio; L'Abbate, Michelangelo (Thales Alenia Space Italia – Via Saccomuro 24, 00141 Roma, Italy)
Abstract:
Sentinel-1 mission is designed to be a source of continuous and reliable collection of C-band SAR imagery. As part of the complete family of GMES Sentinels, Sentinel-1 guarantees continuity of C-band SAR data and products availability to scientific and institutional users who exploit satellite radar imagery since ERS 1 operations. Drivers for EO satellite missions operations are typically fast reaction and response times but also, in the case of Sentinel-1, complete Earth surface coverage within every orbit repeat cycle (12 days). Sentinel-1 mission capabilities and the defined operational scenario currently selected by the ESA Mission and System Manager will be presented in this paper.