Time analysis for a bistatic radar for asteroid tomography: simulations and test bench

CEAS Space Journal - Tập 13 - Trang 653-664 - 2021
Ricardo Granados1, Alain Herique1, Wlodek Kofman1, Sylvain Rochat1, Bruno Travers1
1Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CNES, IPAG, Grenoble, France

Tóm tắt

The study of asteroids interior is crucial to the understanding of their accretion in the early Solar System. Furthermore, space-borne sounding radar is the most mature technique to image asteroid’s internal structure. The low-frequency radar is a bistatic radar measuring the radar wave propagation between a Lander and an Orbiter through the asteroid. Time accuracy and frequency stability are fundamental for the success of such an instrument. Furthermore, accuracy in the propagation delay measurement is a way to increase science return. This work studies the impact the drift of the clocks located on the two platforms has on the accuracy of the time measurement while taking into account the on-board processing. We present the time analysis of such a radar by developing a behavior model of the system for a long time scale which is implemented in a software simulator. A clock test bench is then developed to provide simulator inputs from true oven controlled crystal oscillators clocks under selection for the mission. The simulator coupled to the test bench allows us to better quantify the impact of the time errors on the measurement, to support clock selection and to improve science return.

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