System design and technical characteristics of CFOSAT
The China-France Oceanography SATellite(CFOSAT)is an ocean dynamics remote sensing satellite developed under the international cooperation between China and France.It is the first satellite to provide joint simultaneous and co-located observations of ocean surface wave spectrum and wind field at the global scale.Meanwhile,it is,for the first time,the aerospace engineering cooperation project between China and world-class organization in full scale and full process at system level.In this paper,we introduce the information of CFOSAT such as its system design and development process,exhibit its technical advancement and distinguished technical characteristics,and show the main course and achievement of the international cooperation project.
China-France Oceanography SATellite(CFOSAT)SWIM(Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring)spectrometerscatterometerocean remote sensingjoint simultaneous observation of wave and wind