Measurements and Applications
High resolution X-band radar for security, land use, urban management, environmental monitoring, risk management. Spotlight, Scansar and Stripmap acquisition modes.
Full Name
X Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
L1B products are provided in COSAR binary format for complex SSC products and GeoTIFF format for detected/geocoded products (MGD, GEC and EEC). Product annotation and metadata are provided in XML format.
Resolution
Resolution will move between <1 x 1 m and 6 x 18m depending on acquisition modes.
[Best Resolution: 0.22m]
Swath
Swath will vary according to the acquisition mode: 5x5 km to 100 km x 100 km.
[Max Swath: 200 km]
Accuracy
Pixel Localization: Pixel Localization: 50 cm to 8.5 m (1s) depending of the product selected.
Waveband
Frequency close to 9.65 GHz with a bandwidth of 300 MHz.
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