Corner Reflectors

 22 Aluminium CRs. 1.0 & 1.5m. Honeycomb & Sandwich.

 Tolerances of design:

 -  Interplate orthogonality ≤  0.2º

 -  Plate curvature ≤  0.75mm

 -  Plate surface irregularities ≤  0.75mm

INTA Calibration Field

 INTA's Calibration Field of PAZ in Spain (Madrid, Zaragoza and Albacete)

 2 different deployments covering 37 individual sites with 22 Corner Reflector per deployment.

 Commissioning Phase deployment:

 -  Target: 13 datatakes over  CR per 11 days cycle

 -  Stripmap deployment: 10 cycles

 -  ScanSAR and Spotlight deployment:  4 cycles

CEIT Ground Station (INTA Torrejón)

State of the art station of 11.28m of diameter and high performance.

 -  Simultaneous reception of S and X band

 -  S Band: PIRE > 54 dBw, G/T > 19 dB/K

 -  X Band: G/T > 31 dB/K, Bit Rate 400 Mbps

 -  High mechanical velocities (15º/s azimuth and 7.5º/s in elevation)

 -  Interoperability (SLE protocol)