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Siral the radar altimeter for the CryoSat mission, pre-launch performances

P. de Chateau-Thierry L. Rey

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The development phase of the SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) is in the final stage in Alcatel Space and during year 2004 the Engineering and the Flight Models is tested before delivery to the Mission Prime ASTRIUM GmbH. This ESA mission will be used to estimate - on a global scale - the fluctuations in mass of sea-ice and land-ice. This paper gives a detailed presentation of the microwave and processing units developed, followed by a survey of the pre-launch performances.

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The development phase of the SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) is in the final stage in Alcatel Space and during year 2004 the Engineering and the Flight Models is tested before delivery to the Mission Prime ASTRIUM GmbH. This ESA mission will be used to estimate - on a global scale - the fluctuations in mass of sea-ice and land-ice. This paper gives a detailed presentation of the microwave and processing units developed, followed by a survey of the pre-launch performances.

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The development phase of the SAR Interferometer Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) is in the final stage in Alcatel Space and during year 2004 the Engineering and the Flight Models is tested before delivery to the Mission Prime ASTRIUM GmbH. This ESA mission will be used to estimate - on a global scale - the fluctuations in mass of sea-ice and land-ice. This paper gives a detailed presentation of the microwave and processing units developed, followed by a survey of the pre-launch performances.

Key concepts: Radar altimeter, Altimeter, Space-based radar, Remote sensing, Radar, Interferometry, Synthetic aperture radar, Aerospace engineering

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