Space-surface bistatic synthetic aperture radar - prospective and problems

• Published in: 2002 International Radar Conference pp. 22 - 25
• Main Author: Cherniakov, M
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London IEE 2002
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Exact sciences and technology; Radar equipment, systems and applications; Radar theory; Radiolocalization and radionavigation; Signal processing and detection; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; radar transmitters; space-surface bistatic synthetic aperture radar; observation area; satellite-targets-receiver geometrical position; spaceborne radar; radar interference; system interference; radar signal processing; noncooperative transmitters; system analysis; synthetic aperture radar; radar resolution; S-SBSAR space resolution; SNR; moving transmitter; radar receivers; space-surface bistatic SAR; stationary receiver; satellite diversity; signal to noise ratio; space-surface BSAR; Performance evaluation; Prospective; Airborne radar; Bistatic radar; Satellite ground stations; Remote sensing by radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Signal to noise ratio
• ISBN: 0852967500; 9780852967508
• ISSN: 0537-9989
• DOI: 10.1049/cp:20020241

The paper introduced a feasibility analysis of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) with novel architecture. Two essential peculiarities are discussed: the system configuration with a moving transmitter when the receiver is stationary and noncooperative transmitters utilization for the system. The system is named space-surface BSAR or S-SBSAR. The system analysis confirms its feasibility. S-S SAR could find numerous applications where an observation area of ~20-30 km relevant to the receiver is acceptable. S-SBSAR space resolution corresponds to the general approach to BSAR when the resolution degradation due to a non-optimal satellite-targets-receiver geometrical position could be resolved using the satellites diversity.