Spaceborne Imaging Radar (SIR) – full name 'Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR)', is a synthetic aperture radar which...
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2000. The radar system was based on the older Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR), previously used on the Shuttle...
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Satellite imagery (redirect from Satellite imaging)
Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites...
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Space-based radar or spaceborne radar is a radar operating in outer space; orbiting radar is a radar in orbit and Earth orbiting radar is a radar in geocentric...
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scatterometer); it was later developed more extensively on the Spaceborne Imaging Radar (SIR) missions on the space shuttle in 1981, 1984 and 1994. The...
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Seasat (category Synthetic aperture radar satellites)
of the Earth's oceans and had on board one of the first spaceborne synthetic-aperture radar (SAR). The mission was designed to demonstrate the feasibility...
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Briole, P.; Arnaud, A. (1995), "Deflation of Mount Etna monitored by spaceborne radar interferometry", Nature, vol. 375, no. 6532, pp. 567–570, Bibcode:1995Natur...
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Lidar (redirect from Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging)
lidar allows imaging lidar without the need for an array detector. It can be used for imaging Doppler velocimetry, ultra-fast frame rate imaging (millions...
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norm to see the Great Wall from the Moon. The centimetre-band Spaceborne Imaging Radar of STS-59 and STS-68 was able to detect not only the Great Wall...
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Beamforming Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture Synthesis (MIRAS), an example of a spaceborne STAR Synthetic aperture radar Piepmeier, J.R.; Pellerano...
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TerraSAR-X (category Synthetic aperture radar satellites)
TerraSAR-X is an imaging radar Earth observation satellite, a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace...
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Endeavour Endeavour during STS-126 mission—MPLM visible in Payload Bay Image of Space Shuttle Endeavour docked to ISS during STS-127—created using a...
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to Airborne Radar, 2nd Ed.," SciTech Publishing, 1998 P. Lacomme, J.-P. Hardange, J.-C. Marchais, E. Normant: "Air and Spaceborne Radar Systems: An Introduction...
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Spacelab mission STS-59 Endeavour — April 1994 — Mission Specialist — Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) operation STS-79 Atlantis — September 1996 — Mission...
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William C.; Butka, Brian (2011). "A passive bistatic radar for detection of aircraft using spaceborne transmitters". 2011 IEEE/AIAA 30th Digital Avionics...
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reported that the on-orbit checkout of the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) and the Synthetic Aperture Radar (X-SAR) had been completed, and that the...
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Space Radar Lab-2 (SRL-2), was the second flight of three advanced radars called SIR-C/X-SAR (Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar),...
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Earth observation satellite (redirect from Imaging satellite)
Microwave radiometer#Spaceborne Radar earth observation satellite Radar imaging Synthetic-aperture radar Interferometric synthetic-aperture radar Satellite altimetry...
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around it. The two primary payloads were the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR), and Measurement of Air Pollution...
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Euroradar CAPTOR (redirect from CAPTOR Active Electronically Scanning Array Radar)
Register". EuroRADAR: CAPTOR-E (PDF; 531 kB), retrieved 25 July 2013. Rodriguez-Cassola, V. Baumgartner, Krieger: Bistatic TerraSAR-X/F-SAR Spaceborne–Airborne...
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Jeffrey (April 1996). "Science Results from the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR): Progress Report" (PDF). NTRS –...
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ground controllers finished activating the Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C (SIR-C) and began processing its first images of the Earth, while engineers working with...
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Way, J. (July 1995). "Overview of results of Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C, X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR)". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience...
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second flight of three advanced radars called SIR-C/X-SAR (Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), and a carbon-monoxide pollution...
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of three advanced radars called SIR-C/X-SAR (Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar), and a carbon-monoxide pollution sensor, MAPS...
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Scatterometer (redirect from Radar scatterometer)
(launched 2016) F. Naderi; M. H. Freilich & D. G. Long (June 1991). "Spaceborne Radar Measurement of Wind Velocity Over the Ocean—An Overview of the NSCAT...
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The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) is a Japanese remote sensing instrument onboard the Terra satellite launched...
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Fuk Li (category People associated with radar)
airborne rain mapping radar, an airborne cloud mapping radar, an experiment using spaceborne imaging radar to study rainfall effects on ocean roughness, and...
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(HRWS) imaging is an important branch in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging, a remote sensing technique capable of providing high resolution images independent...
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using the same method, the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM, 2000) using single-pass SAR and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection...
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