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Earth Remote Sensing / Observation

Quad-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

  • Purpose: ERS SAR is designed for radar surveying in different bands, in the interests of various customers.
  • Year of release: 1997
  • Guaranteed service life (years): 7
  • Estimated production / delivery time (months): 12 years
  • Flight qualification of the product: No
  • Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements: Yes
ParameterValue
spatial resolution0.3 m (X-band) 0.5 m (L-band) 2.5 m (P-band) 3.5 m (VHF-band)
Swath widthNo less than 10 km (X-band), No less than 10 km (L-band), 6 km (P-band), 6 km (VHF-band)
Operating range15 км (Х-band), 15 км (L-band), 8 км (Р-band), 8 км (VHF-band)
Transmitter pulse power250 W (Х-band) 250 W (L-band) 200 W (P-band) 150 W (VHF-band)

ERS small-size multiband SAR, intended for operation aboard aircraft of different types. Mathematical, algorithmic and software.