The invention provides an
earth observation SAR
satellite point target observation time window calculation method and
system. The method comprises the steps that the incident angle range of an SAR load is set to be alpha1-alpha2, and the
azimuth angle range is set to be beta1-beta2; calculating an orbital instantaneous element and an orbital mean element of the
satellite under the instantaneous
inertial coordinate system; performing
orbit recursion on the
satellite every other period T, and solving the position of the satellite in the earth-centered earth-fixed coordinate
system; calculating the distance d between the satellite and the target; the method comprises the following steps of: converting an incident
angle alpha1-alpha2 into a side swing angle phi1-phi2, solving a distance d1-d2 between a ground point corresponding to the side swing angle phi1-phi2 and a satellite, if d is between d1-d2, calculating an
azimuth angle beta of a target, if beta is between beta1-beta2, determining that the target is in an
observable area of the SAR satellite, otherwise, solving the position of the satellite in an earth-centered earth-fixed coordinate
system again. According to the method,
orbit recursion is performed under the instantaneous
inertial coordinate system, so that the conversion error between the
inertial coordinate system and the earth-centered earth-fixed coordinate system is eliminated, and the calculation result of the
point target observation time window by the SAR satellite is more accurate and reliable.