Systems integration and environmental testing activities performed on the Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR)

Iban Ibanez Domenech; Rafael Rincon; Lynn Carter; Martin Perrine; Daniel Lu; Roger Banting; Cornelis Du Toit; Michael Choi; Peter Steigner; Kenneth Segal; Babak Farrokh; William Alberding; Tasneem Khan; George Nehmetallah

doi:10.1117/12.2587354

Systems integration and environmental testing activities performed on the Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR)

Iban Ibanez Domenech, Rafael Rincon, Lynn Carter, Martin Perrine, Daniel Lu, Roger Banting, Cornelis Du Toit, Michael Choi, Peter Steigner, Kenneth Segal, Babak Farrokh, William Alberding, Tasneem Khan, George Nehmetallah

Planetary Sciences

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Abstract

Digital Beamforming has gained significant importance in radar applications in the past years. It helps improve radar performance while reducing mass and power. Improving these figures becomes even more important for space applications. The Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR) is a novel P-band (70 cm wavelength) radar instrument developed for planetary applications that will enable surface and near-subsurface measurements of Solar System planetary bodies. The radar will measure full polarimetry at meter-scale resolution, and perform beam steering through programmable digital beamforming architecture. The data obtained with SESAR will provide key information on buried ice and water signatures that can facilitate the design of future human and robotic exploration missions. In this paper we describe SESAR's large antenna array, the sub-systems integration process, and the different environmental testing activities performed to the overall system in order to raise the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for its future inclusion in a space-proven system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV
Editors	Genshe Chen, Khanh D. Pham
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510643475
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587354
State	Published - 2021
Event	Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: Apr 12 2021 → Apr 16 2021

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	11755
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV 2021
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	4/12/21 → 4/16/21

Keywords

Environmental Testing
Ground penetrating radar
Planetary Science
Radar imaging
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ibanez Domenech, I., Rincon, R., Carter, L., Perrine, M., Lu, D., Banting, R., Du Toit, C., Choi, M., Steigner, P., Segal, K., Farrokh, B., Alberding, W., Khan, T., & Nehmetallah, G. (2021). Systems integration and environmental testing activities performed on the Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR). In G. Chen, & K. D. Pham (Eds.), Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV Article 117550D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11755). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587354

Systems integration and environmental testing activities performed on the Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR). / Ibanez Domenech, Iban; Rincon, Rafael; Carter, Lynn et al.
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV. ed. / Genshe Chen; Khanh D. Pham. SPIE, 2021. 117550D (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 11755).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ibanez Domenech, I, Rincon, R, Carter, L, Perrine, M, Lu, D, Banting, R, Du Toit, C, Choi, M, Steigner, P, Segal, K, Farrokh, B, Alberding, W, Khan, T & Nehmetallah, G 2021, Systems integration and environmental testing activities performed on the Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR). in G Chen & KD Pham (eds), Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV., 117550D, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 11755, SPIE, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV 2021, Virtual, Online, United States, 4/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2587354

Ibanez Domenech I, Rincon R, Carter L, Perrine M, Lu D, Banting R et al. Systems integration and environmental testing activities performed on the Space Exploration Synthetic Aperture Radar (SESAR). In Chen G, Pham KD, editors, Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XIV. SPIE. 2021. 117550D. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2587354

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