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The MetOp-SG SCA Wind Scatterometer Protoflight Model (PFM): Space Qualification and Performance Overview
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Conference
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IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International. :4348-4351 Jul, 2023
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2153-7003
Abstract
The SCA instrument is a C-band wind scatterometer, which forms part of the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation (EPS-SG) mission. In December 2022 it has successfully completed its full space qualification and been delivered for integration on one of the two MetOp-SG satellites. The paper presents an overview on the SCA Instrument space qualification results and the thereof predicted in-orbit mission performance.