Close Formation Flight of Passive Receiving Micro-Satellites
Fiedler H, Krieger G (2004)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2004
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Edited Volumes: European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Pages Range: 1-6(6SeitenaufCD)
Conference Proceedings Title: 18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, Munich, 11-15 October
Event location: Munich
URI: https://elib.dlr.de/6204/
Abstract
Synthetic aperture radar interferometry is a powerful technique for deriving highly accurate digital elevation models on a global scale. To keep costs low, receive only satellites have been proposed to fly in close formation with an illuminating radar satellite. A new formation, called Trinodal Pendulum, is introduced and described in detail. Results of a performance estimation, flight dynamics analysis, and safety investigation are presented adopting this formation to the planned TerraSAR-L satellite. It is shown, that a global Digital Elevation Model (DEM) according to the High Resolution Terrain Information (HRTI) level 3 standard can be derived within less than 1 1/2 years.
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APA:
Fiedler, H., & Krieger, G. (2004). Close Formation Flight of Passive Receiving Micro-Satellites. In 18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, Munich, 11-15 October (pp. 1-6(6SeitenaufCD)). Munich.
MLA:
Fiedler, Hauke, and Gerhard Krieger. "Close Formation Flight of Passive Receiving Micro-Satellites." Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, Munich 2004. 1-6(6SeitenaufCD).
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