Measurements and Applications
Land, ocean, emergencies, soil moisture, interferometry, others.
Full Name
L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format
XML + binary HDF5
Resolution
10 x 10 m – 100 x 100 m
[Best Resolution: 10m]
Swath
20 – 350 km
[Max Swath: 350 km]
Accuracy
Absolute radiometric accuracy: 0.5 dB (QP), 1.0 dB (SP, DP); Polarimetric accuracy: 0.3 dB; Phase accuracy between polarimetric channels: 15°; Geolocation accuracy: on-line: 90 m, off-line: 25 m (with precise orbit).
Waveband
L-band (1.275 GHz)
SAOCOM 1A - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1A (2018 - 2025) |
| SAOCOM 1B - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1B (2020 - 2025) |
SAOCOM-2B - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 2B (2030 - 2035) |
SAOCOM-2 - Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 2A (2031 - 2038) |