Miniaturized Ka-Band radio for small satellites
Radiosat
RADIOSAT for SATCROSS: a payload on board a LEO satellite system, consisting of multi-frequency transmitters and receivers operating in the Ka band.
The SATCROSS project is a feasibility study of a space mission for the observation of tropospheric water vapour, based on an active differential measurement technique (NDSA: Normalized Differential Spectral Attenuation) and on a train of co-rotating LEO satellites.
Goal: providing an estimation of 2-D (3-D) water vapour fields on vertical sections of the troposphere on a continuous time basis.
Supported by ASI
SATCROSS project is supported by ASI (Contratto di finanziamento ASI N.2020-2-U.O - CUP: F94I17000010005)
Prime contractor: CNIT - Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni
Sub-contractors: PICOSATS, Consorzio LaMMA