• 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