DocumentCode
440945
Title
RADARSAT-2 Program update
Author
Brûlé, Luc ; Delisle, Daniel ; Baeggli, Hans ; Graham, James
Author_Institution
Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Que., Canada
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
25-29 July 2005
Abstract
RADARSAT-2 will be the next Canadian commercial Earth observation 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
artificial satellites; data acquisition; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Earth observation SAR satellite; RADARSAT-2 Program; data distribution; ground segment; imaging capability; Earth; Global Positioning System; Government; Image segmentation; Polarization; Radar remote sensing; Satellites; Space vehicles; Structural beams; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9050-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526090
Filename
1526090
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