The Cassini Titan Radar Mapper is a multimode radar instrument designed to probe the optically inaccessible surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The instrument is to be included in the payload of the Cassini Saturn Mission, scheduled for launch in 1995. The individual modes of Cassini Radar Mapper will allow topographic mapping and surface imaging at few hundred meters resolution. The requirements that lay behind the design are briefly discussed, and the configuration and capability of the instrument are described. The present limited knowledge of Titan's surface and the measurement requirements imposed on the radar instrument are addressed. Also discussed are the Cassini mission and the projected orbits, which imposed another set of design constraints that led to the multitude of modes and to an unconventional antenna configuration. The antenna configuration and the different radar modes are described.


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    Title :

    Cassini Titan Radar Mapper


    Additional title:

    Der Cassini-Titan-Radar-Kartierer


    Contributors:
    Elachi, C. (author) / Im, E. (author) / Roth, L.E. (author) / Werner, C.L. (author)

    Published in:

    Proceedings of the IEEE ; 79 , 6 ; 867-880


    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    14 Seiten, 32 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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