Measurements and Applications
High resolution images for monitoring of land surface and coastal processes and for agricultural, geological and hydrological applications.
Full Name
X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars 
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
Spotlight: 1.2 x 1 - 4 m Stripmap: 3 x 3 - 6 m ScanSAR: 16 x 16 m
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath
Spotlight: 5-10km x 10 km, Stripmap: 30 km, ScanSAR: 100 km
[Max Swath: 100 km]
Waveband
9.65 GHz, 300 MHz bandwidth, all 4 polarisation modes
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| X-Band (12.5 - 8 GHz) |
TerraSAR-X - TerraSAR-X (2007 - 2025) |
| TanDEM-X - TerraSAR-X Add-on for Digital Elevation Measurements (2010 - 2026) |