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Adjunct Reference Document #1 Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Robust Imaging from Space Adjunct Reference Document #1 Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications The following tables provide detailed specifications of currently operational and proposed satellite and airborne SAR sensors, including those having reached end of life. Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications _________________________ 1 Table B - Future/proposed satellite SAR sensors and specifications. _____________________ 7 Table C - Operational airborne SAR sensors and specifications. _______________________ 13 Table D - Decommissioned SAR sensors. __________________________________________ 18 Robust Imaging from Space Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications X-BAND Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Target revisit time (km) (m) Nation SAR-Lupe 1-5 Polar X-band SAR DLR/Bundeswehr 500 km Encrypted S-band for telemetry & command 5 satellite constellation for delivering high resolution 98.2° transmissions SAR images for military reconnaissance Daily 8 Stripmap mode 1st 2006, 2nd 2007, 3rd 2007, 4th 2008, 5th 2008 5.5 Spotlight mode <1 Est. Cost 250 mil EUR EOL: 10 yrs TSX-1 (TerraSAR-X) Sun-synch X- Multiple imaging modes DLR, 2007-2013 514 km 10 High resolution Spotlight SP (HH or VV) or 1.48-3.49 20-55 Scientific & commercial use hydrology, geology, 97.44° DP (HH/VV) climatology, oceanography, environment & disaster 11 days 10 Spotlight SP (HH or VV) or DP (HH/VV) 1.48-3.49 20-55 monitoring, cartography Stripmap SP (HH or VV) or DP (HH/VV, 15-30 HH/HV, VV/VH) 1.7-3.49 20-45 ScanSAR SP GERMANY 100 1.7-3.49 20-45 Left and right looking TDX-1 (TanDEM-X) Sun-synch Interferometric imaging: 12 (DEM) 25-55 DLR, 2010-2014 514 km Bistatic mode (abs v.acc 10 Global DEM generation & earth observation, new 97.44° Monostatic mode m, rel acc. applications using along-track InSAR (e.g., measuring 11 days Along-track interferometry (ATI) <2 m) ocean currents), pol-InSAR, bistatic processing and Polarimetric interferometry formation flying SAR imaging (same as TerraSAR-X): EOL: 5 yrs 30 Stripmap DP 3 Co-fly in close formation with TSX-1, near identical 10 Spotlight DP 1 capability 100 ScanSAR DP 16 Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) – June 2012 Page | 1 Robust Imaging from Space Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications X-BAND Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Nation Target revisit time (km) (m) Cosmo-SkyMed 1-4 (Constellation of small Satellites Sun-synch Selectable single pol (HH,VV,HV,VH) 25-50 for Mediterranean basin Observation) 620 km Spotlight Left and ITA, -1 2007, -2 2007, -3 2008, -4 2009 97.86° 10 Stripmap 1 right looking EOL: 5 years Daily-16 days 30-40 ScanSAR 3-15 4 X-band EOS satellite constellation 100-200 Ping pong or Stripmap – 2x selectable pol 30-100 Dual use: 30 (HH, VV, HV, VH) 15 ITALY Civilian: disaster/risk management, ice monitoring, agriculture, urban Defence: intelligence gathering, ship detection, maritime surveillance, security Meteor-M N1 (Meteorological Satellite) Sun-synch 450-600 Onboard Radar Complex (OBRC) – 400-1000 25-48 ROSHYDROMET, ROSKOSMOS. 2009-2014 830 km Severjanin, Vertical pol EOL: 5 yrs 98.79° Low resolution MSS (MSU-MR) Operational meteorological services, regional & 37 days IR Fourier Spectrometer (IRFS-2) global weather analysis & prediction, ocean surface MS imaging system (KMSS) water states, space weather analysis Microwave imaging/sounding radiometer RUSSIA (MTVZA) Spectrometer for Geoactive Measurements (MSGI) Data Collection System (DCS) IGS-7A Polar 1 (Information Gathering Satellite) 500 km 2011- Dual use Military: surveillance, early warning of hostile JAPAN launches Civilian: disaster monitoring Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) – June 2012 Page | 2 Robust Imaging from Space Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications X-BAND Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Nation Target revisit time (km) (m) RISAT-2 (Radar Imaging Satellite 2) Sun-synch 10-50 Spotlight 3-8 ISRO, 2009-2013 550 km Stripmap Dual use Mosaic mode Civil: agriculture, forestry, soil moisture, geology, sea ice, coastal processes, object detection, flood INDIA mapping Military: reconnaissance, border surveillance, ship detection TecSAR (Technological SAR) 450-580 km Selectable pol (HH,HV,VH,VV) IAI, 2008- 41° Stripmap 1 EOL: 4 yrs Spotlight Low-earth orbit reconnaissance ScanSAR ISRAEL Mosaic mode Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) – June 2012 Page | 3 Robust Imaging from Space Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications C-BAND Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Nation Target revisit time (km) (m) RISAT-1 (Radar Imaging Satellite) Sun-synch circ 10 Spotlight SP/DP <2 ±34 ISRO, 2012-2017 609 km 30 Stripmap mode-1 (FRS-1) SP/DP 3 Left or right EOL: 5 yrs 97.84° 30 Stripmap mode-2 (FRS-2) QP 12 looking Dual use 12 days 120 Med res ScanSAR (MRS) SP/DP 25 Civil: agriculture, forestry, soil moisture, geology, 240 Coarse res ScanSAR (CRS) SP/DP 50 INDIA sea ice, coastal processes, object detection, flood mapping Military: reconnaissance, border surveillance, ship detection RADARSAT-1 Sun-synch C- Multiple imaging modes CSA, 1995- 798 km 45 Fine HH 8 37-47 Earth observation: disaster management, 98.6° 100 Standard HH 30 20-49 interferometry, agriculture, cartography, hydrology, 24 days 150 Wide HH 30 20-45 forestry, oceanography, ice studies, coastal 300 ScanSAR narrow 50 20-49 monitoring 500 ScanSAR wide 100 29-49 75 Extended high 18-28 52-58 170 Extended low 30 10-22 Right looking RADARSAT-2 Sun-synch Multiple imaging modes CSA, 2007- 798 km 20 Ultra-Fine SP 3 30-49 Earth observation: maritime surveillance, disaster 98.6° 50 Multi-look Fine SP 8 30-50 CANADA management, ecosystem monitoring 24 days 50 Fine SP/DP 8 30-50 100 Standard SP/DP 25 20-49 150 Wide SP/DP 30 20-45 300 ScanSAR Narrow SP/DP 50 20-46 500 ScanSAR Wide SP/DP 100 20-49 75 Extended High SP 18 49-60 25 Fine QP 12 20-41 25 Standard QP 25 20-41 Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) – June 2012 Page | 4 Robust Imaging from Space Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications S-BAND Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Nation Target revisit time (km) (m) Kondor-E Polar 20-150 Spotlight HH, VV 1-2 20-55 NPO, 2012-2022 800 km 10-20 Stripmap 1-3 Left and EOL: 3-10 yrs ScanSAR 5-30 Right looking Dual use Military: navigation and reconnaissance Earth observation: agriculture, forestry, land use RUSSIA management, geology and mineral exploration, environmental protection HJ-1C (Huan Jing-1) Sun-synch circ 1 radar + 2 optical constellation (HJ-1A: 31-44.5 CRESDA, 2011-2014 500 km CCD+IR camera, HJ-1B: CCD+HSI camera) Environmental monitoring & prediction, solid waste 97.3° StripMap SP (HH or VV) monitoring, disaster monitoring & prediction (flood, 31 days ScanSAR drought, typhoon, wind damage, sand storm, 40 5 earthquake, land creep, frost, grassland fires, crop 100 20 CHINA pests, ocean disaster monitoring) Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRC-SI) – June 2012 Page | 5 Robust Imaging from Space Satellite and Airborne SAR Sensor Specifications Table A - Operational satellite SAR sensors and specifications L-BAND Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Nation Target revisit time (km) (m) JianBing-5 (JB-5) 635 km (Y3) 20 Spotlight 5 63.4 (Y9) JB 5-2/Yaogan3, JB 9-1/Yaogan6, JB 9-2/Yaogan8, 518 km (Y6) 100 ScanSAR 40 Yaogan9A/9B/9C, JB 9-3/Yaogan10, Yaogan13 1200 km (Y8) 1.5 (Y6) Y3 2007-, Y6 2009-, Y8 2009-, Y9 2010-, Y10 2010-, Y13 1089 km (Y9) 2011 629 km (Y10) Dual use 97.8 ° CHINA Military: intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance Earth observation: land survey, disaster forecasting, crop yield evaluation, urban planning MULTI-FREQUENCY Sensor, operating agency, launch, Design life (EOL), Orbit & altitude (km) Swath Imaging modes Spatial Incidence application area Inclination angle (°) width resolution angle (°) Nation Target revisit time (km) (m) Smotr Gascom, 2009 Sun-synch X- or C-band EOL: 7-10 yrs 670 km 10-15 High resolution mode 1-3 4 low-orbit satellites for monitoring oil/gas pipeline 98° 30-100 Low resolution mode 5-15 and earth observation (2 radar, 2 optical) Priroda 400 km 50 Radiometer, SAR and optical imaging 50 35 RUSSIA RKA, 1996- 52° L-HH and S-VV Launched & installed on MIR space station 6 days Geoecology, land surface
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