@inproceedings{Technological2019Spaceborneb,
title = {A Preliminary Design for Lessonia-1 Spaceborne SAR Mission Employing Offset Reflector Antenna and Compact Polarimetry Features M\'{a}rcio Martins da Silva Costa e Angelo Passaro1},
author = {M\'{a}rcio Martins Silva Costa and Angelo Passaro},
url = {https://www.sige.ita.br/edicoes-anteriores/2019/st/ST_06_1.pdf},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
urldate = {2019-01-01},
booktitle = {Simp\'{o}sio de Aplica\c{c}\~{o}es Operacionais em \'{A}reas de Defesa 2019 (SIGE2019)},
abstract = {Lessonia-1 is a spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission that belongs to Brazilian Strategic Space Systems Program (PESE - acronym in Portuguese), which comprises a part of the Brazilian Space Program. Lessonia is expected to be launched in 2026, according to the roadmap of PESE. This program has dual purpose, meeting civilian and defense requirements. In this letter, a proposed design for Lessonia spaceborne SAR mission is presented employing an Offset Reflector Antenna associated with Compact Polarimetry (CP) technique, based on the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP - a bus developed by National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Brazil). This preliminary approach represents one of the possibilities of payload for Lessonia SAR mission. This paper aims to present technical concepts proposed for this mission and that have already been explored by respected space agencies in the last years.},
keywords = {Offset Reflector Antenna, Spaceborne SAR},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
Lessonia-1 is a spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission that belongs to Brazilian Strategic Space Systems Program (PESE - acronym in Portuguese), which comprises a part of the Brazilian Space Program. Lessonia is expected to be launched in 2026, according to the roadmap of PESE. This program has dual purpose, meeting civilian and defense requirements. In this letter, a proposed design for Lessonia spaceborne SAR mission is presented employing an Offset Reflector Antenna associated with Compact Polarimetry (CP) technique, based on the Multi-Mission Platform (MMP - a bus developed by National Institute for Space Research - INPE, Brazil). This preliminary approach represents one of the possibilities of payload for Lessonia SAR mission. This paper aims to present technical concepts proposed for this mission and that have already been explored by respected space agencies in the last years.
