Sentinel-1 Mission Analysis
Conference: EUSAR 2008 - 7th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/02/2008 - 06/05/2008 at Friedrichshafen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2008
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Pietropaolo, Andrea; L’Abbate, Michelangelo; Bruno, Claudio (THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA S.p.A., Via Saccomuro 24, 00131 Roma Italy)
Abstract:
Mission Analysis for an Earth Observation satellite system is the process defining high-level mission/system requirements and subsequent system design based on user needs and mission objectives. Mission analysis is a necessary tool to interpret the mission/system requirements and to ensure their implementation during the overall system engineering process related to space, ground and operations segments. An overview of the GMES Sentinel-1 mission analysis is reported in this paper, which focuses on the main features characterising the C-band SAR satellite system. The following topics are discussed in some detail, in order to show the relationships between mission/system requirements and the system engineering implications: - Orbital control - Operational scenarios - Data volume and system latency