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1 PAZ Mission CalVal Centre In-Flight Campaigns Design CASAL, N., CIFUENTES, P., CUERDA, J.M., DEL CASTILLO, J., CORES, J.F., GARCIA, M., GIMENO N., GOMEZ, B., GONZALEZ, M.J., LOPEZ, A. 30/10/2015 Pag.: 1

2 Contents In-flight Campaign Test Plan CALVAL Tools Mission Design Calibration Support Environment Approach Results / Current Status Calibration Fields Ground Equipment DTs planning Deployment plan 30/10/2015 Pag.: 2

3 In-flight Campaign Test Plan. Configuration Calibration Validation First Characterization ANALYSYS PLAN Orbit & attitude - Geometric Calibration Antenna Validation Internal Calibration Radiometric Calibration Interferometry Measurements Polarimetry Measurements DTs List On Ground Deployment Ground Support: 21 CR 1 Transponder 30/10/2015 Pag.: 3

4 CALVAL Designed Tools. CALVAL DLR provided Tools CALVAL INTA Tools DLR INTA MATLAB GOOGLE EARTH Excel SpreadSheet XML format Mission Design Tools Calibration Support Tools Satellite Coverage Target Visibility per Cycle Test Data Set Design Command Generation Test Data Set Validation MUS access Calibration Targets Management Analysis Support Tools 30/10/2015 Pag.: 4

5 Campaign Design Tools. Mission Design TARGET VISIBILITY PER CYCLE SATELLITE COVERAGE 30/10/2015 Pag.: 5

6 Campaign Design Tools. Mission Design TEST DATA SET DESIGN BATCH 30/10/2015 Pag.: 6

7 Campaign Design Tools. Mission Design COMMAND SET EDITOR RADAR PARAMETERS EDITOR 30/10/2015 Pag.: 7

8 Campaign Design Tools. Mission Design TEST DATA SET VALIDATION TDS VAL DT parameter Files DT Planning Information TIMING RULES MEMORY CONSUMPTION RULES Log File DTs Not Fulfilled Rules 30/10/2015 Pag.: 8

9 Campaign Design Tools. Mission Design Master User Service ACCESS DT parameter Files T parameter Files START TIME & DT COORDINATES EXTRACTION START TIME EXTRACTION SCENE SELECTION & PROCESSING PARAMETERS EXTRACTION Automatic Web Browser connection REQUEST RESPONSE ANALYSIS & KML GENERATION RQ- ORDER-DT RELATION EXTRACTION excel update 30/10/2015 Pag.: 9

10 Campaign Design Tools. External Calibration Support CALIBRATION DISTRIBUTED TARGETS TOOL 30/10/2015 Pag.: 10

11 Campaign Design Tools. External Calibration Support CALIBRATION POINT TARGETS TOOL 30/10/2015 Pag.: 11

12 Test Environment Approach. CONFIGURATION DT DESIGN DEPLOYMENT COMMANDING ACQUISITION PROCESSING ANALYSIS INTA Tools DLR Tools GS/SAT Tools 30/10/2015 Pag.: 12

13 Results / Current Status. IN- FLIGHT CAMPAIGN TEST PLAN Test environment defined On Ground Deployment DTs List Calibration Fields Designs PAZ Optimized Field Ground Equipment Analysis Plan DTs List 30/10/2015 Pag.: 13

14 Results / Current Status. Calibration Fields PAZ Beam Coverages (Near / Mid / Far) Main Modes (SM / SC /SL / HS) coverage CR allocation image ( Rg & Az) Minimum number of CR Minimum number of Position Sites Maximum passes over reflectors per cycle Minimum time of data collection for the first PAZ analysis Closeness to INTA Orography Target Permanency PAZ OPTIMIZATION. SM BASED FIELDS SM. A/D CROSS AREAS ANALIZED SM Mode Deployment 21 CR per deployment 21 Position Sites 13 DTs over CR per 11 days cycle /10/2015 Pag.: 14

15 Results / Current Status. Calibration Fields PAZ optimization PAZ OPTIMIZATION. ALL MODES COVERAGE 2 Deployment: SM and SC & Spot Modes 21 CR per deployment 37 Position Sites 13 DTs over CR per 11 days cycle 10 orbit cycles for DT acquisition: 7 cycles. SM deployment 3 cycles. Other modes deployment 30/10/2015 Pag.: 15

16 Results / Current Status. Calibration Fields PAZ optimization MADRID AREA 7 SM POS SITES. FIRST DEPLOYMENT 9 SC POS SITES [5 SM REUSED]. SECOND DEPLOYMENT 8 SPOT POS SITES [1 SM/SC REUSED]. SECOND DEPLOYMENT ALBACETE AREA 14 SM POS SITES. FIRST DEPLOYMENT 5 SPOT POS SITES. SECOND DEPLOYMENT 30/10/2015 Pag.: 16

17 Calibration Elements. Corner Reflectors Aluminuim Honeycomb 1.0 & 1.5 m Design Tolerances: Interplate orthogonality 0.2º Plate curvature 0.75mm Plate surface irregularities 0.75mm Up to 21 CR. NEW BASE DESIGN OSICIÓN única) N. SAT. φ, λ, h INTA CR PROTOTIPES. Xmas 2013 TDX-PAZGS Test Meassurements Verification On ground Installation 30/10/2015 Pag.: 17

18 Calibration Elements. Transponder Center Frequency. 9.6 GHz Bandwidth. 300 MHz Maximum RCS. 56 dbms RCS step. 2dB Amplitude Accuracy. ±0.25dB rms Dynamic Range. 55 db Noise Figure. <1.5 db Temperature range. -20º to 70ºC Azimuth holder alignment. 360º Elevation holder alignment. 0º < EL < 120º 1 TRANSPONDER Under Development 30/10/2015 Pag.: 18

19 Results / Before Launch Status. DTs planning 10 Orbit Cycles Configuration changes 66 DTs/day _ 33 up to L1B processing 21 CR : Cycles1-7 StripMap Deployment Cycles 8-10 Scan/Spot Deployment Transponder 11 days/cycle < 4 months CYCLE CHAIN MAIN MODE 1 Nominal (ICU1) SM-S, SM-D 1 st OK 2 Nominal (ICU1) SM-S, SM-D 3 Nominal (ICU1) SM-S, SM-D 4 Redundant (ICU2) SM-S, SM-D 5 Redundant (ICU2) SM-S, SM-D 6 Nominal (ICU1) SM-S, SM-D 7 Nominal (ICU1) SM-S, SM-D 8 Nominal (ICU1) SL-S, SL-D, HR-S, HR-D, SC 9 Nominal (ICU1) SL-S, SL-D, HR-S, HR-D, SC CONFIG. GHANGE CONFIG. GHANGE CONFIG. & DEPLOYMENT GHANGE 10 Nominal (ICU1) SL-S, SL-D, HR-S, HR-D, SC 30/10/2015 Pag.: 19

20 Results / Current Status. DTs planning Orbit Direction: Asc / Des Imaging Mode: SM / SC / SL / HS Illumination Beam: Near / Mid / Far Polarization: HH/HV/VV/VH Band Width: 100 /150 / 300 MHz Target variability: urban / marine / PT & DT overpasses > 570 DTs per cycle > 6200 DTs planned 30/10/2015 Pag.: 20

21 Results / Current Status. DTs planning over PT / Deployment 13 DTs OVER CRs/ CYCLE SM-S DTs: 6 CR SM-D DTs: 4 CR SC DTs: 9 CR. SL & HS DTs: 3 to 5 CRs DEPLOYMENT PLAN 7 SM CYCLES 21 CR. 21 POS. SITES 3 SC / SL/ HS CYCLES 21 CR. 16 NEW POS. SITES OVERPASS UTC TIME ORIENTATION ELEVATION OVERPASS UTC TIME ORIENTATION ELEVATION MADRID & ALBACETE AREAS 1 to 5 C.R. REALIGMENTS BY CYCLE 30/10/ /10/2015 Pag.: 21

22 THANKS! 30/10/2015 Pag.: 22

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