A novel approach to measurement and calibration of space-borne SAR active phased array
Conference: EUSAR 2018 - 12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/04/2018 - 06/07/2018 at Aachen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2018
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Miloserdov, Maxim; Bulygin, Maxim; Chechina, Irina; Kovalenko, Alexander; Riman, Victor (Research Institute of Precision Instruments, Moscow, Russia)
Kuznetsov, Grigory (Moscow Aviation Institute & Research Institute of Precision Instruments, Russia)
Abstract:
Large geometrical and electrical size of the space-borne SAR active phased arrays presents considerable difficulties during the pre-flight measurement and calibration of the antenna. In this paper an approach to active phased array performance monitoring is presented. This approach includes the full-scale test of the array in the climatic chamber, minimization of testing duration and optimization of the ground-based testing facility cost.