First Steps towards Single-pass Interferometry Based on a Bistatic Fixed Receiver Sar System
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چکیده
Bistatic radar systems will play a great role in the coming decade since a large number of radar missions are being foreseen. Using existing transmitters, formations of small passive receivers will enhance our capability to gather backscatter information from earth. A bistatic SAR system operates with separated transmitting and receiving antenna and both can follow independent trajectories. If the receiver remains stationary at certain height – on the top of a high tower for example – with its antenna pointing to the illuminated scene and a sensor of opportunity is used, we deal with a Parasitic Bistatic Fixed Receiver SAR system. In this paper we will present our prototype and the first bistatic fixed receiver results available.
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