Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (4): 792-798.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2020.04.08

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System parameters analysis of the Moon-based SAR Earth observation

Dewei LI1,2(), Liming JIANG1,2(), Houjun JIANG1,3(), Jinglong DONG1,2(), Hansheng WANG1()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth's Dynamics, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430077, China
    2. College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. School of Geographic and Biologic Information, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • Received:2019-07-12 Online:2020-03-28 Published:2020-03-28
  • Supported by:
    国家自然科学基金(41590854);国家自然科学基金(41621091);大地测量与地球动力学国家重点实验室开放基金(SKLGED2018-5-2-E)

Abstract:

With the development of the Moon exploration, the concept of deploying sensors of synthetic aperture radar based on the Moon (Moon-based SAR) to fully and constantly observe the Earth is gaining increased attention. The Moon-based SAR has the advantages of long-term, large-scale and continuous observation, and it may provide a new way for macro-scale solid Earth monitoring. Here, the system parameters theoretically are analyzed and simulated considering at the requirements of large-scale Earth observation. In addition, the actual relative motion parameters of the Earth-Moon system and the performance of the Moon-based SAR imaging are taken into account. The results show that the Moon-based SAR has the potential of ultra-wide observation applications. It can form an imaging swath of thousands of kilometers by using multi-beam SAR with good imaging performance.

Key words: Earth observation, macro-scale solid Earth movement, synthetic aperture radar based on the Moon (Moon-based SAR), wide-swath imaging, system parameter

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