TecSAR Mission

IdentifiertecsarNamesTecSAR About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

TecSAR is a spaceborne radar minisatellite technology demonstration mission of Israel’s Ministry of Defense (MoD). Developed by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI), the mission provides high resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery for military use.

Mission Summary

Full Name
TecSAR
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
ISA
Launch Date
21 Jan 2008
Mission Links
EOL Date
03 Jul 2024
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
41 deg
Orbit Altitude
580 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
36 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

XSAR (TecSAR-1) - ELM-2070 X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (XSAR) tecsar_xsar-tecsar-1

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandMulti-purpose imagery (land) XSAR (TecSAR-1)

OpenSearch Datasets

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