2021 – NL-RIA

Possible continuation of radar altimeter development

Recently in a meeting with NSO the possibility of continuing NL-RIA’s radar altimeter development was discussed. The primary aim would be to raise the TRL level of the radar design from currently 2-3 to at least 6. If this is successful we could aim at a space qualified design and …

Peter Hoogeboom November 18, 2021 November 18, 2021 announcements

Alticubes orbits for better coverage

Postdoc Yuanhao Li came up with some interesting orbit designs during his study for ESA into new concepts for miniature radar altimeter constellations. In this post we show two examples of constellation orbits that were optimized according to specific requirements. In the first example the goal was to extend a …

Peter Hoogeboom February 2, 2021 February 2, 2021 Results