Advancing Radar Imaging and Earth Observation within the Alcor Program: RODiO and SATURN Missions

Capuani, G.; Battilana, M.; Maioli, L.; Montano, G.; Lucia Tampellini, M.; Graziano, M. D.; Renga, A.; Gigantino, A.; Virgilio Monti Guarnieri, A.; Gerace, F.; Giudici, D.; Guccione, P.; Marini, J.; Paolo Blasone, G.; Montuori, A.; Longo, F.; Zoffoli, S.; Fedele, A.; Natalucci, S.

In the realm of space exploration, two pioneering missions within the ASI ALCOR Program are making significant strides. SATURN is a demonstration mission of a mini-swarm of 3 CubeSats in close formation on a Low Earth Dawn-Dusk Sun Synchronous Orbit, incorporating Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology for Earth Observation. CubeSats are equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), employing cooperative active sensors for enhanced performance. RODiO involves a cluster of four passive CubeSats flying in formation with ASI's PLATiNO-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission. RODiO showcases Distributed Synthetic Aperture Radar (DSAR) technology, utilizing multi-platform image synthesis to enhance radar imagery quality.

Advancing Radar Imaging and Earth Observation within the Alcor Program: RODiO and SATURN Missions / Capuani, G., Battilana, M., Maioli, L., Montano, G., Lucia Tampellini, M., Graziano, M.D., Renga, A., Gigantino, A., Virgilio Monti Guarnieri, A., Gerace, F., Giudici, D., Guccione, P., Marini, J., Paolo Blasone, G., Montuori, A., Longo, F., Zoffoli, S., Fedele, A., Natalucci, S.. - (2024), pp. 889-894. (15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR 2024 deu 2024).