RA-2 Radar Altimeter:instrument FM model pre-launch performance results

摘要

The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Daimler-Benz Aerospace, Dornier to fly on ENVISAT-1 mission the Radar Altimeter RA-2 developed by Alenia Aerospazio. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the instrument performance derived from evaluation of the test results gathered during the instrument integration and characterisation campaign carried out for the flight model (FM).