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The wide‐band scattering characteristics analysis of the satellite targets in different space attitude conditions
Author(s) -
Rui Zeng,
Lezhu Zhou,
Mingzhi Li,
Wei Wang
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23353
Subject(s) - scattering , satellite , finite difference time domain method , microwave , radar , tracking (education) , x band , computational physics , remote sensing , physics , computer science , aerospace engineering , optics , engineering , telecommunications , geography , psychology , pedagogy
Wide‐band scattering properties of typical spin stabilized satellite and triaxial stabilized satellite are computed by using finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) in this study. Compacts of the attitudes on scattering properties are investigated. The results show the change of rolling attitude more easily arouses the variety of scattering characteristic of satellite target than pitch attitude change does. The calculation results may be helpful to the wide band radar for detecting, identifying, and tracking of the satellite targets. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1294–1300, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23353