Advancing Radar Imaging and Earth Observation within the Alcor Program: RODiO and SATURN Missions
Conference: EUSAR 2024 - 15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
04/23/2024 - 04/26/2024 at Munich, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2024
Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Capuani, Giulia; Battilana, Matteo; Maioli, Luca; Montano, Gaetano; Tampellini, Maria Lucia; Graziano, Maria Daniela; Renga, Alfredo; Gigantino, Antonio; Virgilio Monti Guarnieri, Andrea; Gerace, Fabio; Giudici, Davide; Guccione, Pietro; Marini, Julien; Blasone, Giovanni Paolo; Montuori, Antonio; Longo, Francesco; Zoffoli, Simona; Fedele, Alberto; Natalucci, Silvia
Abstract:
In the realm of space exploration, two pioneering missions within the ASI ALCOR Program are making significant strides. SATURN is a demonstration mission of a mini-swarm of 3 CubeSats in close formation on a Low Earth Dawn-Dusk Sun Synchronous Orbit, incorporating Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology for Earth Observation. CubeSats are equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), employing cooperative active sensors for enhanced performance. RODiO involves a cluster of four passive CubeSats flying in formation with ASI's PLATiNO-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission. RODiO showcases Distributed Synthetic Aperture Radar (DSAR) technology, utilizing multi-platform image synthesis to enhance radar imagery quality.