Session
Technical Session XII: Science/Mission Payloads II
Abstract
We are developing a small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that is compatible with 100kg class satellite. A constellation of such small SAR satellites is promising for shot revisit time of earth observations. The SAR antenna is a deployable honeycomb panel antenna with slot array, that can be stowed compactly. RF instruments are on a satellite structure and RF signal is fed to a deployable antenna through a non-contact choke flange at a hinge. This small SAR project for a responsive observation mission is funded for 2015 - 2018 by Japanese government.
Compact X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar with Deployable Plane Antenna and RF Feeding System through Non-contact Waveguides - Project of a 100kg-class SAR Satellite
We are developing a small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that is compatible with 100kg class satellite. A constellation of such small SAR satellites is promising for shot revisit time of earth observations. The SAR antenna is a deployable honeycomb panel antenna with slot array, that can be stowed compactly. RF instruments are on a satellite structure and RF signal is fed to a deployable antenna through a non-contact choke flange at a hinge. This small SAR project for a responsive observation mission is funded for 2015 - 2018 by Japanese government.
