• Antenna pointing determination, to obtain a correct beam pointing of the antenna.
TSX (TerraSAR-X) Mission. The key element of this strategy was an antenna model approach.
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- The aim is to continue to operate both satellites using interferometry, to enable three-dimensional imaging of the surface of the Earth to continue. The calibration process transforms the image magnitude or power into the required physical units, which are assumed to be those of radar cross section (RCS) or back-scattering coefficient σ
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For the first time, a spaceborne-airborne X-band acquisition has been successfully conducted, including high-resolution SAR processing.
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This indicates that the critical threshold value chosen in the analysis might have been too conservative. To provide an adequate sky coverage during right- and left looking SAR operations, the MosaicGNSS GPS antennas are oriented opposite to the SAR antenna. And within 22 days 12 interferometric pairs with different observation geometries can theoretically be acquired. This is obtained by steering the antenna in the opposite direction as for Spotlight.