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Synthetic aperture radar image of a port

Data

SAR

Synthetic aperture radar imagery, day and night, through cloud and smoke.

25 cm

  • ICEYE25 cm33 satellitesICEYE
  • Capella Acadia25 cm9 satellitesCapella Space
  • Umbra25 cm5 satellitesUmbra
  • StriX25 cm8 satellitesSynspective
  • COSMO-SkyMed CSG30 cm3 satellitese-GEOS
  • COSMO-SkyMed CSK30 cm2 satellitese-GEOS
  • QPS-SAR46 cm11 satellitesiQPS
  • KOMPSAT-585 cmSI Imaging Services
  • RADARSAT-21 mMDA Space
Best resolution
25 cm
Imaging modes
Spotlight and Stripmap
Bands
X-band and C-band
Revisit
105 × a day
Interferometry
1 mm/yr
Collection window
Day and night

Dwell

How long the radar stays pointed at one spot while the satellite flies past it. Radar builds its picture from the angles it sees the spot across: a short look gives a blur, a longer one a sharp image.

Ship at anchor, X-band spotlight, 0.25 sShip at anchor, X-band spotlight, 0.5 sShip at anchor, X-band spotlight, 1 sShip at anchor, X-band spotlight, 2 sShip at anchor, X-band spotlight, 4 sShip at anchor, X-band spotlight, 6.9 s
One collection of a ship at anchor, processed at six dwell times.

Side view, angles exaggerated · X-band 3.1 cm · 645 km slant range

Dwell
View angle
Resolution

Gallery

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Harbour, shipyards and city, X-band

Detects

  • Flood extent while the storm is still overhead
  • Vessels at sea, including those not transmitting AIS
  • Ground displacement to the millimetre, via interferometry
  • Structures, soil moisture, surface roughness