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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2008.24.4.351

Analysis of KOMPSAT-5 Orbit for Radargrammetry  

Lee, Hoon-Yol (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
Jang, So-Young (Department of Geophysics, Kangwon National University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.24, no.4, 2008 , pp. 351-358 More about this Journal
Abstract
KOMPSAT-5 will be launched in 2010 carrying a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) system to obtain high resolution images of the earth surface regardless of weather or solar condition. In this paper, the orbits of KOMPSAT-5 and the imaging modes of SAR were analyzed for radargrammetry, and the best image pairs were suggested. We set the pass number from the nearest orbit to a given ground point and selected image pairs for radargrarnmetry, with height sensitivity of parallax higher than 0.5 to achieve enough height resolution and with the value lower than 0.8 to avoid errors from geometric distortion. On the equator, for example, where the distance between two adjacent passes is fixed to 95 km, we solved the orbit geometry and found that the image pairs with the pass numbers of 3-2 and 5-3 are suitable for radargrarnmetry. As the examples with arbitrary latitude, we selected Daejeon and Sejong Antarctic stations and calculated the orbital elements by using STK software. Three image pairs (5-4, 7-5 and 8-5) were found suitable for radargrammetry at Daejeon while 10 pairs (8-6, 9-7, 10-7, 11-8, 12-8, 13-9, 14-9, 15-9, 15-10 and 15-11) at Sejong Antarctic station.
Keywords
KOMPSAT-5; SAR; radargrarnmetry; parallax; height sensitivity; height resolution;
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