Nuvotronics' Compact G Band radiometer is applicable to small satellite or CubeSat applications such as CubeSat Hydrometric Atmospheric Radiometer Mission (CHARM). In this case it is potential that a series of small satellites would operate in a constellation providing increased coverage and revisit time. Other applications could include missions similar to Surface Water and Ocean Tomography (SWOT) where millimeter wave radiometers provide vital information regarding the water vapor content which is used to calibrate the larger altimetry system.
Millimeter wave radiometers are commercially used for security imagining systems. While the bulk of imaging systems occur at W band frequencies, there is a trend toward utilizing the upper mmWave and sub mmWave regions for increased resolution.
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