Flight array processor

Spaceflight applications for the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) , an ocean surface wind measuring system flown as part of the Navy Remote Ocean Sensing System (NROSS) are discussed in outline form, along with information on the Advanced Digital Synthetic aperture radar Processor (ADSP) that is being developed for ground-based processing of spacecraft Earth observations. Design considerations are listed. A block diagram of the scatterometer is given.