Measurements and Applications
Maritime Traffic Monitoring to augment Synthetic Aperture Radar Maritime services
Full Name
Automatic Identification System
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Communications system
Sampling
Other
Swath
Optimised to cover the Synthetic Aperture Radar swath
[Max Swath: 400 km]
Accuracy
Depending on the ship equipment
Waveband
AIS operates principally on two dedicated frequencies or VHF channels:
AIS 1: Works on 161.975 MHz- Channel 87B (Simplex, for the ship to ship)
AIS 2: 162.025 MHz- Channel 88B (Duplex for the ship to shore)
Sentinel-1 C - Sentinel-1 C (2024 - 2034) |
Sentinel-1 D - Sentinel-1 D (2025 - 2035) |
| S1NG-A - Sentinel-1 Next Generation A (2032 - 2040) |
| S1NG-B - Sentinel-1 Next Generation B (2034 - 2042) |