Title :
RADARSAT-2 Program update
Author :
Brûlé, Luc ; Delisle, Daniel ; Baeggli, Hans ; Graham, James
Author_Institution :
Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert, Que., Canada
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9050-4
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2005.1526090
