DBF Technology Development for Next Generation of ESA C-Band SAR mission
Conference: EUSAR 2016 - 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/06/2016 - 06/09/2016 at Hamburg, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2016
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Personal VDE Members are entitled to a 10% discount on this title
Authors:
Adamiuk, Grzegorz; Heer, Christoph (Airbus DS GmbH, 88039 Friedrichshafen, Germany)
Ludwig, Michael (European Space Agency – ESTEC, Keplerlaan 1, 2200AG, Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
Abstract:
Airbus DS in Friedrichshafen develops a technology aiming at next generation of ESA Sentinel-1 mission. An overview of these activities is given in this paper. In the first step a short summary of future antenna architecture and benefits on mission level are given. In the next part a core unit enabling Digital Beamforming is described along with its functionalities and architecture. In the last part of the paper a demonstrator for C-Band Digital Beamforming is outlined. The activities will enable significant increase of efficiency of Sentinel-1 NG mission by remarkable extension of swath width while maintaining or even increasing the resolution (High Resolution Wide Swath – HRWS).