Application of pushbroom altimetry from space using large space antennas
Abstract
The capabilities of multibeam altimetry are discussed and an interferometric multibeam technique for doing precision altimetry is described. The antenna feed horn arrangement and the resulting footprint lube pattern are illustrated. Plans for a shuttle multibeam altimetry mission are also discussed.
- Publication:
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In NASA. Langley Research Center Large Space Antenna Systems Technol
- Pub Date:
- April 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985lsas.rept...63P
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Large Space Structures;
- Pushbroom Sensor Modes;
- Radio Altimeters;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Antenna Feeds;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Coastal Zone Color Scanner;
- Interferometry;
- Multibeam Antennas;
- Space Shuttles;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles