A Low SWaP-C Radar Altimeter Transceiver Design for Small Satellites

Conference paper (2020)

Authors

O. Dogan Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems - EEMCS
Faruk Uysal Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems - EEMCS
P. Hoogeboom Atmospheric Remote Sensing - CEG
Paco López-Dekker Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning - CEG
Y. Li Mathematical Geodesy and Positioning - CEG
Research Group
Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2020 O. Dogan, Faruk Uysal, P. Hoogeboom, F.J. Lopez Dekker, Y. Li
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMTRONICS51293.2020.9216420
Radar design Mission concept Radar altimeter Mission concept Radar altimeter
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Published Date

2020

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems

Abstract

This paper discusses the design details of a high resolution, low "Size, Weight, Power and Cost" (SWaP-C) radar altimeter (RA) system. Operating frequency of the radar is chosen within the Ka-band to achieve the desired size and weight requirements, that are highly demanded for the small satellite missions in a cost-efficient way. We propose a system design such that, an intended radar altimeter can be built by using the Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) components. The simulation results show that the proposed RA has high potentiality for realization.