NSSC-ESA GIMS (Geostationary Interferometric Sub-millimeter Sounder)

• NSSC-ESA GIMS (Geostationary Interferometric Sub-millimeter Sounder) by Steven Pietrobon on 12 Jan, 2018 01:58
• Anybody recognise what this satellite is? Bing translation says. Launch vehicle looks like CZ-5.
  
  "geostationary-orbit interferometric millimeter wave atmospheric detector" is expected to enhance typhoon strong rainfall monitoring and forecasting ability
  
  http://tv.cctv.com/2018/01/12/VIDEL8Md9C4AMQYtgHcgBAVx180112.shtml

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• #1 by limen4 on 12 Jan, 2018 06:27
• It is GIMS (Geostationary Interferometric sub-millimeter Sounder).

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  ursi_paper1591.pdf
• #2 by bolun on 03 Feb, 2018 20:32
• Prototype for ground testing
  
  Developed by ESA and the Chinese National Space Science Center, this prototype millimetre-wave instrument is designed to sound the depth of typhoons and rain clouds from geostationary orbit. This 3-m diameter prototype, undergoing ground testing in Beijiing, makes use of interferometry to deliver high-resolution images from 36 000 km up. Separate signals from multiple antennas are precisely correlated together to produce a picture of otherwise impossible sharpness.  These antennas are mounted on a circular frame, then set rotating at a rate of once per minute, allowing them to fill in further details. China’s 54 GHz 21-antenna instrument making up the outer circle is called the Geostationary Interferometic Microwave Sounder II, while ESA’s making up the inner circle is the 183 GHz 24-antenna Geosounder II, designed for ESA by Omnisys Instruments in Sweden.
  
  - Related article: ESA and China team up on typhoon-targeting imager
  
  http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/01/Prototype_for_ground_testing
  
  Image credit: China’s National Space Science Center

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• #3 by bolun on 03 Feb, 2018 20:33
• The Joint Acceptance Ceremony of NSSC-ESA Geostationary Millimeter-wave Atmospheric Sounder Demonstrator held in Beijing
  
  http://english.nssc.cas.cn/rh/rp/201801/t20180113_189013.html