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Space shuttle search and rescue experiment using synthetic aperture radar
- Publication Year :
- 1977
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1977.
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Abstract
- Langley Research Center, NASA, is developing a concept for using a spaceborne synthetic aperture radar with passive reflectors for search and rescue applications. The feasibility of a synthetic aperture radar for search and rescue applications has been demonstrated with aircraft experiments. One experiment was conducted using the ERIM four-channel radar and several test sites in the Michigan area. In this test simple corner-reflector targets were successfully imaged. Results from this investigation were positive and indicate that the concept can be used to investigate new approaches focused on the development of a global search and rescue system. An orbital experiment to demonstrate the application of synthetic aperture radar to search and rescue is proposed using the space shuttle.
- Subjects :
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
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- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.19780030986
- Document Type :
- Report