Resolution
Strip mode: 9 m, Interferometric wide swath mode: 20 m, extra-wide swath mode: 50 m, wave mode: 50 m
[Best Resolution: 9m]
Swath
Strip mode: 80 km; Interferometric wide swath mode: 250 km, extra-wide swath mode: 400 km, Wave mode: sampled images of 20 x 20 km at 100 km intervals
[Max Swath: 400 km]
Waveband
C-band: 5.405 GHz; HH, VV, HH+HV, VV+VH; Incidence angle: 20-45
Compiled from the 2026 Extended Parameters Survey, agency-nominated technical contacts and published user guides; not yet collected through the annual CEOS MIM survey.
Centre Frequency
5.405 GHz
Polarisation Channels
HH · HV · VV · VH
Polarisation Modes
single · dual
Look Direction
Right (nominal Right)
Antenna
Active phased-array antenna (C-band) — 12.3 × 0.821 m
Polarisation Notes
Dual-polarisation C-SAR: transmits H or V and receives both co- and cross-pol (HH/HV or VV/VH). No simultaneous quad-pol, no compact-pol. Land IW nominally VV+VH; sea-ice EW nominally HH+HV.
Source
ESA Sentinel-1 SAR User Guide / Product Definition + eoPortal; ARD values cross-checked vs Geoscience Australia Sentinel-1 NRB (CEOS-ARD)
Compiled from the 2026 Extended Parameters Survey, agency-nominated technical contacts and published user guides; not yet collected through the annual CEOS MIM survey.
| Mode | Resolution az × rg (m) | Swath (km) | Incidence (°) | Polarisation | NESZ (dB) | Bandwidth (MHz) | Feeds product |
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| Interferometric Wide swath (IW) IW | 20 × 5 | 250 | 29.1–46 | VV+VH | -22 | 56.5 | Sentinel-1 NRB (Geoscience Australia) (CEOS-ARD) |