Title :
RADARSAT-2 program update
Author :
Brûlé, Luc ; Smyth, Jill ; Baeggli, Hans
Author_Institution :
Canadian Space Agency, St. Hubert
Abstract :
RADARSAT-2 would be the next Canadian commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (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 :
data acquisition; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; reviews; synthetic aperture radar; Canadian commercial SAR satellite; RADARSAT-2 imaging capability/data distribution; Synthetic Aperture Radar; ground segment development; spacecraft construction; Business; Government; Image segmentation; Polarization; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Satellites; Space vehicles; Synthetic aperture radar; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368627
