SAR

SAR	Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (C-band)
Satellites	RadarSat 1/2
Status	Operational – Utilised in the period 1995 to ~ 2015
Mission	High-resolution all-weather multi-purpose imager for ocean, land and ice
Instrument type	C-band SAR, frequency 5.405 GHz, multi-polarisation and variable pointing/resolution
Scanning technique	Side-looking, possible both to left- and right- end, (alternatively) 20-49° off-nadir, swath 25 to 500 km, depending on operation mode – See table
Coverage/cycle	Global coverage in 4 days for the ‘ScanSAR wide’ mode (if used 50 % of the time); in longer periods for other operation modes, up to 6 months
Resolution	3 to 100 m, depending on operation mode – See table
Resources	Mass: 705 kg - Power: 1650 W - Data rate: 105 Mbps