Cassini Radar for remote sensing of Titan-design considerations

Cassini Radar is a multimode radar instrument designed to probe the optically inaccessible surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon. The individual modes will allow surface imaging at resolutions ranging from a few hundred meters up to 3 kilometers, surface topographic and backscatter measurements, as well as surface temperature measurements. This instrument has incorporated a number of flexible design features to accommodate the geometric variations in the flyby trajectory and to better utilize the spacecraft resources.<
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