User:Tom Paine/sandbox/Synthetic aperture radar satellites list

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Synthetic Aperture Radars in space[edit]

Spacecraft Sensor Launch (UTC) Altitude [km] Purpose Band/ Polarisations Max res range[m]/ Swath[km] Angles[°] Ceased operations Remarks
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA SEASAT SAR 19 September 1972
19:19:03 		800 , 108° inclination Civilian oceanographic monitoring L-hh ? fixed xx 10 October 1978 Detected submerged submarines wakes.[1]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA Space Shuttle Columbia STS-2 Shuttle Imaging Radar A (SIR-A) [2] 12 November 1981 259 Understanding of radar signatures of geologic features, assess the shuttle as a scientific platform for Earth observations L-hh 40/ 50 fixed 47 14 November 1981
Soviet space programme Venera 15 2 June 1983 nearly polar: ~1000 periapsis 62°N latitude, ~65000 km apoapsis, with ~90° inclination Venus cartography 28-78 July 1984 In conjunction with Venera 16 mapped 25% of surface
Soviet space programme Venera 16 7 June 1983 nearly polar: ~1000 periapsis 62°N latitude, ~65000 km apoapsis, with ~90° inclination Venus cartography 28-78 July 1984
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41-G Shuttle Imaging Radar B (SIR-B) [3] 5 October 1984 360, 257, 224 L-hh 16/ 40 15- 60 13 October 1984 Imaged a given site at several different incidence angles on subsequent days over the course of the mission, areal coverage of about 6.4 million km2.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA Magellan RDRS 4 May 1989 Venus cartography 28-78 Mapped in high resolution 98% of the surface.
Italian Space Agency (ASI), ItalyDLRNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-59 - Space Radar Laboratory 1 Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) 9 April 1994 224 C,L-hh,vh,hv,vv / X-vv 9 April 1994 70 million square kilometers of the Earth's surface, including land and sea, have been mapped on this flight. This figure represents about 12 percent of Earth's total surface
Italian Space Agency (ASI), ItalyDLRNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-68 - Space Radar Laboratory 2 Spaceborne Imaging Radar C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) 30 September 1994 224 C,L-hh,vh,hv,vv / X-vv 11 October 1994
DLRNational Imagery and Mapping Agency (NASA), USANational Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-99 - Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SIR-C/X-SAR plus InSAR antenna 11 February 2000 To complete a high-resolution digital topographic database of the Earth X / C Produced a 30x30m digital topographic map covering 99.98% of Earth between 60°N and 56°N
DLR TerraSAR-X 15 June 2007 514 Civilian topography/ imaging/ interferometry X 1/ 100
DLR TanDEM-X 21 June 2010 514 Digital Elevation Measurements in tandem with TerraSAR-X X 1/ 100
Bundeswehr, Germany SAR-Lupe-1 19 December 2006 500 Military reconnaissance X 0,5/ 60
Bundeswehr, Germany SAR-Lupe-2 2 July 2007 500 Military reconnaissance X 0,5/ 60
Bundeswehr, Germany SAR-Lupe-3 1 November 2007 500 Military reconnaissance X 0,5/ 60
Bundeswehr, Germany SAR-Lupe-4 27 March 2008 500 Military reconnaissance X 0,5/ 60
Bundeswehr, Germany SAR-Lupe-5 22 July 2008 500 Military reconnaissance X 0,5/ 60
Italian Space Agency (ASI), Italy COSMO-SkyMed 1 8 June 2007 619 Seismic hazard analysis, environmental disaster monitoring, agricultural mapping and military reconnaissance X-hh,hv,vh,vv 3/ 200

References[edit]

  1. ^ WILLIAM J. BROAD (11 May 1999). "U.S. Loses Hold on Submarine-Exposing Radar Technique". New York Times.
  2. ^ "SIR-A 1982". Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. ^ "SIR-B 1985". Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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