Monitoring and Analysis of SAR Satellite Signals Using a Ground Early Warning Receiver

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Abstract

In this paper, a ground early warning receiver is introduced and explained for the reception and
monitoring of signals from a space-borne synthetic aperture radar. This receiver can be used for
various electronic warfare applications and implemented in two sectors of time parameter
detector and frequency parameter detector. It can measure the signal power, bandwidth, central
frequency, pulse width, pulse repetition frequency, antenna pattern shape, and imaging duration
time from the received signal. In section of frequency parameter detector, the spectrum analyzer
is used. Based on this receiver, a new method is invented for recognizing LFM signal from other
pulse compression methods. Also, in this paper, a technique is demonstrated for identifying
SAR signals from other signal sources and estimation imaging parameters. At the end of this
report, several cases of success in receiving signals from COSMO-SkyMed and FIA-Radar are
listed and some of the obtained parameters from signals are compared with the references. Also,
features of space-borne SAR signals are described. in which bandwidth, pulse repetition
frequency, imaging duration time, and power density are investigated using analytical relations.

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  • Receive Date: 16 June 2015
  • Revise Date: 22 January 2024
  • Accept Date: 19 September 2018
  • Publish Date: 20 April 2016

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