ROSE-L SAR Instrument Detailed Design and Technology Readiness

Abstract:
The ROSE-L SAR Instrument is the radar payload of the ESA ROSE-L (Radar Observing System for Europe in L-band) earth observation mission in the framework of ESA's Copernicus Extension program. It will complement the already operational Copernicus C-band SAR mission Sentinel-1 by adding an L-band high resolution and wide swath synthetic aperture radar imaging capability. The paper presents an overview on the ROSE-L SAR Instrument detailed design and its technology readiness status at the time of its Preliminary Design Review (PDR).