Preliminary End- to-End Results of the MIR Instrument: the Microwave Interferometric Reflectometer

Global Navigation Satellite Systems - Reflectometry (GNSS-R) has shown his potential for remote sensing. Since new wider band signals are being broadcasted, and new systems are becoming available, a performance comparison in fair conditions between signals and system is required. For this purpose, the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya has been developing the MIR instrument, an airborne GNSS reflec-to meter that mimics PARIS-IOD, and that also aims to better understand some GNSS-R techniques, the RFI analysis and mitigation, and the use of beamforming techniques to improve the GNSS-R capabilities. This work presents the advances in the instrument, the end-to-end tests, and the field campaign being planned in Australia for Spring, 2018.