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Design and Demonstration of an Advanced On-Board Processor for the Second-Generation Precipitation Radar

The on-board processor of a prototype NASA satellite is described in this technical paper from 2003. A Next-Generation Precipitation Radar, the satellite will require a processor capable of meeting "the challenging requirements for measuring precipitation from space." Many engineers and technology professionals who work with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) will find this report of...

http://www.fpga-guru.com/files/PR2Aero4.pdf