Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation.

Abstract: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation.

Abstract: A reflector antenna for synthetic aperture radar, having a reflector including a reflector surface, a vertex, and an optical axis. The reflector antenna also as a plurality of antenna elements arranged side by side and in a row, for transmitting radar transmission signals and receiving radar reception signals produced from a reflection on a surface. The reflector is designed as a one-dimensional defocused reflector having two focal planes. The optical axis coincides with the line of inter-section of two imaginary planes extending at right angles to one another. The reflector has, in a first (X-) plane, a first (X-) focal plane that extends at right angles thereto and to the optical axis, and, in a second (Y-) plane, a second (Y-) focal plane which extends at right angles thereto and to the optical axis. The second (Y-) focal plane is at a greater distance from the vertex than the first (X-) focal plane.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reflector antenna for a synthetic aperture radar, having a reflector (20) which comprises a reflector surface (22), a vertex (26), and an optical axis (24) extending outwards therefrom. The reflector antenna also has a plurality of antenna elements (18) arranged side by side and in a row, for transmitting radar transmission signals and receiving radar reception signals produced from a reflection on a surface (14). The reflector (20) is designed as a one-dimensional defocused reflector (20) having two focal planes (40, 42). The optical axis (24) coincides with the line of inter-section (28) of two imaginary planes extending at right angles to one another, specifically a first (X-) plane (30) and a second (Y-) plane (32).