CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- Capella X-SAR
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Full Name
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Capella X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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Capella Space
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Maturity
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Low Heritage
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Instrument Type
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Imaging microwave radars 
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Geometry
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Instrument Technology
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Imaging radar (SAR)
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Single-polarization X-band SAR, capable of operating over a 500 MHz bandwidth in stripmap and spotlight imaging modes.
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Resolution Summary
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Staring-spotlight: 0.3 m, Sliding-spotlight: 0.5 m, Stripmap: 0.3 m
[Best Resolution: 0.3m]
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Swath Summary
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Staring-spotlight: 5 x 20km or 10 x 10km, Sliding-spotlight: 200km, Stripmap: 2100km
[Max Swath: 2100 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Single-polarization X-band (9.4-9.9GHz), 500 MHz bandwidth
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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