Table 11.5
(continued)
Program
Institution/Country
Date range
Satellite (planned)
Band Wavelength (cm) Average ground
resolution (m)
Swath width (km)
RADARSAT, Canada
1995–present RADARSAT-1
C
5.6
8/25/30/50/100
50/100/150/300/500
2007–present RADARSAT-2
3/8/28/28/50/100 20/50/100/150/300/500
2016–2017
(RADARSAT Constellation Mission,
3 satellites)
3/5/30/50/100
20/30/125/350/500
TerraSAR, Germany
2007–present TerraSAR-X
X
3.1
1/3/16
10/30/100
2010–present TANDEM-X
2013
[TerraSAR-X2]
COSMO-SkyMed Italy
2007–present COSMO-1
X
3.1
1/3/15/30/100
10/40/30/100/200
COSMO-2
COSMO-3
COSMO-4
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