CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- SIR-C/X-SAR (flight 1)
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Full Name
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Shuttle Imaging Radar with Payload C /X-band Synthetic Appeture Radar
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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09 Apr 1994
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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20 Apr 1994
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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57 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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225 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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SIR-C/X-SAR (Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar) was an imaging radar system used to obtain SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) imagery with many applications including scientific research, calibration, and technological experiments.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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