SAR
Specifications
- Best resolution
- 25 cmICEYE, Umbra, Capella, Synspective
- Imaging modes
- Spotlightstripmap, scan · 5 × 5 km to 100+ km swaths
- Band
- X-bandICEYE, Capella, Umbra, Synspective, KOMPSAT-5 · C-band (RADARSAT)
- Revisit
- Multiple passes a day over Greece across the combined fleet
- Interferometry
- Displacement to ~1 mm/yr with a repeat stack
- Night collection
- Yesidentical quality
Dwell
The seconds a spotlight beam is held on one target. A longer dwell sees it across a wider angle, and the angle sets the azimuth resolution.
Side view, angles exaggerated · X-band 3.1 cm · 7.6 km/s · 700 km slant range
- Dwell
- Synthetic aperture
- Angular span
- Azimuth resolution
- Looks at 0.35 m
Gallery
Select a frame to open it at full resolution.
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
Limits
- Not intuitive to read: colour and texture mean different things
- Steep terrain produces shadow and layover
- Not the tool for identifying what a small object is
Satellites
Sorted by resolution. Operators’ published figures.
SatelliteOperatorResolutionLaunchedStatus