Table 6.1
Summary of SAR imaging satellites
Name (owner)
Operative
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(day)
Best spatial
resolution (m)
Wavelength
range (cm)
Number of
channels
Incidence angle
(degree)
SEASAT (NASA)
1978–off
same year
100
NA
25
23.4
HH
15–25
ERS-1 (ESA)
1991–1996
100
35
30
5.7
VV
20–26
ERS-2 (ESA)
1995–
operating
100
35
30
5.7
VV
20–26
JERS (Japan)
1992–1998
75
44
18
23.6
HH
32–38
RADARSAT-1 (Canada)
1995–2013
45–500
1–5
10
5.7
HH
10–58
ENVISAT (ESA)
2002–
operating
30–400
1–7
30
5.7
HH &
VV/cross-pol
15–45
RADARSAT-2 (CSA)
2007–
operating
20–500
1–3
3
5.7
Full-pol
10–60
ALOS-PALSAR (Japan)
2006–
operating
70–350
1–3
10
23.6
Full-pol
8–60
TerraSAR-X (Germany)
2007–
operating
10–100
1–2.5
1
3.1
Full-pol
20–55
COSMO/SkyMed Constellation (Italy)
2007–
operating
10–200
1–5
1
3.1
Full-pol
25–59
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