Advanced SAR Instrument

Measurements and Applications

High resolution microwave radar images for ice watch.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar X band
Status
Proposed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Very Constrained Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
1 m, 5 m, 50 m, 200 m, 500 m
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath
10 km, 50 km, 130 km, 600 km, 750 km
[Max Swath: 750 km]
Accuracy
1 dB
Waveband
X-Band
MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)
X-Band (12.5 - 8 GHz)

Instrument Missions

Meteor-MP N1 - Meteor-MP Meteorological Satellite N1 (2026 - 2030)
Meteor-MP N2 - Meteor-MP Meteorological Satellite N2 (2027 - 2031)
Meteor-MP N3 - Meteor-MP Meteorological Satellite N3 (2028 - 2032)

Instrument Measurements