DocumentCode
2121709
Title
RADARSAT-2 program update
Author
Brûlé, Luc ; Smyth, Jill ; Baeggli, Hans
Author_Institution
Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
20-24 Sept. 2004
Firstpage
1186
Lastpage
1189
Abstract
RADARSAT-2 would be the next Canadian commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite. The construction of the spacecraft and the development of the ground segment are progressing well. This paper presents an overview of the mission, some featured innovations, imaging capabilities and data distribution aspects
Keywords
data acquisition; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; reviews; synthetic aperture radar; Canadian commercial SAR satellite; RADARSAT-2 imaging capability/data distribution; Synthetic Aperture Radar; ground segment development; spacecraft construction; Business; Government; Image segmentation; Polarization; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Satellites; Space vehicles; Synthetic aperture radar; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8742-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368627
Filename
1368627
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