Calibration of a SuperDARN radar antenna by means of a satellite beacon on a CubeSat

Autor:	Pierre J. Cilliers, D. Agaba, Michael Inggs, R. R. van Zyl
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Continuous-wave radar Bistatic radar Radar engineering details Early-warning radar law 3D radar CubeSat Context (language use) Radar Geodesy Geology Remote sensing law.invention
Zdroj:	IGARSS
DOI:	10.1109/igarss.2013.6723017
Popis:	This paper presents the context and potential outcomes of the HF Beacon payload on the ZACUBE-1 CubeSat jointly developed by the Satellite Engineering Program of F'SATI at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in Bellville and the Space Science Directorate of the South African National Space Agency (SANSA Space Science) in Hermanus. The primary objective of the HF Beacon on ZACUBE-1 is to provide a continuous radio signal to determine the elevation resolving algorithm of the SuperDARN HF Radar antenna at SANAE in Antarctica. The signal will also be used to characterize the beam pattern of this and other HF Radar antennas in the SuperDARN network, and to characterize the ionosphere over the polar regions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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