Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a type of imaging technology that can be used for a variety of applications such as Earth observation, mapping, object tracking, change detection (e.g., in arctic ice), natural catastrophe monitoring, and many other applications. A high-altitude, unmanned aircraft, for performing synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imaging, includes a fuselage, wings connected to the fuselage and for providing lift to the aircraft, one or more electrically-powered propellers for providing thrust to the aircraft, a SAR payload for performing SAR imaging of the surface of the Earth when the aircraft is in flight, solar cells for generating electricity to drive the one or more electrically-powered propellers and to operate the SAR payload, and one or more batteries for storing electrical energy generated by the solar cells.
HIGH-ALTITUDE, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
UNBEMANNTES FLUGZEUG IN GROSSER HÖHE ZUR ERDBEOBACHTUNG
AÉRONEF SANS PILOTE À HAUTE ALTITUDE POUR OBSERVATION DE LA TERRE
04.12.2024
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64U |
HIGH-ALTITUDE, UNMANNED AIRCRAFT FOR EARTH OBSERVATION
Europäisches Patentamt | 2024
|Unmanned high altitude long-endurance aircraft
AIAA | 1989
|New Trends in High Altitude Unmanned Aircraft
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1993
|Europäisches Patentamt | 2025
|Aircraft in a box for a high altitude unmanned aircraft
Europäisches Patentamt | 2017