PLT SAR Instrument

Measurements and Applications

All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, ice, environmental monitoring, risk management, environmental resources, maritime management, Earth topographic mapping. Bistatic mission

Instrument Summary

Full Name
PLATiNO SAR
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
ASI
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
HDF

Performance Summary

Resolution
1 m, 3 m
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath
40 km
[Max Swath: 40 km]
Accuracy
TBD
Waveband
Microwave: X-band, 9.6 GHz
X-Band (12.5 - 8 GHz)

Instrument Missions

PLT-1 - PLATiNO-1 (2025 - 2029)

Instrument Measurements