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Synthetic aperture radar

Synthetic aperture radar

  • Venera 16
    Venera 16 (Russian: Венера-16 meaning Venus 16) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union.
  • Venera 15
    Venera 15 (Russian: Венера-15 meaning Venus 15) was a spacecraft sent to Venus by the Soviet Union.
  • Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
    The Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk is an unmanned (UAV) surveillance aircraft.
  • Envisat
    Envisat ("Environmental Satellite") is a large inactive Earth-observing satellite which is still in orbit.
  • TAI Anka
    The TAI Anka is a family of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries for the requirements of the Turkish Armed Forces.
  • RISAT-2
    RISAT-2, or Radar Imaging Satellite 2 is an Indian radar reconnaissance satellite that is part of India's RISAT programme.
  • TecSAR
    EL/M-2070 TecSAR, also known as TechSAR, Polaris and Ofek-8, is an Israeli reconnaissance satellite, equipped with synthetic aperture radar developed by Elta Systems.
  • Chandrayaan-1
    Chandrayaan-1 (Sanskrit: चन्द्रयान-१,(Sanskrit: [ t͡ʃʌnd̪ɾʌːjaːn]; lit: Moon vehicle ) was India's first lunar probe. It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India launched the spacecraft using a PSLV-XL rocket, serial number C11, on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, about 80 km north of Chennai, at 06:22 IST (00:52 UTC). Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the project on course in his Independence Day speech on 15 August 2003. The mission was a major boost to India's space program, as India researched and developed its own technology in order to explore the Moon. The vehicle was successfully inserte
  • TerraSAR-X
    TerraSAR-X, a radar Earth observation satellite, is a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium.
  • General Atomics MQ-1 Predator
    The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator is an American remotely piloted aerial vehicle (RPA) built by General Atomics and used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
  • RISAT-1
    Radar Imaging Satellite 1, or RISAT-1, is an Indian remote sensing satellite which was built and is operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
  • Radarsat-2
    RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14, 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
  • General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
    The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (formerly named Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).
  • DF-21
    The Dong-Feng 21 (DF-21; NATO reporting name CSS-5 - Dong-Feng (simplified Chinese: 东风; traditional Chinese: 東風; literally: "East Wind")) is a two-stage, solid-fuel rocket, single-warhead medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) in the Dong Feng series developed by China Changfeng Mechanics and Electronics Technology Academy.
  • Synthetic aperture radar
    Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a form of radar that is used to create images of objects, such as landscapes – these images can be either two or three dimensional representations of the object.
  • Magellan (spacecraft)
    The Magellan spacecraft, also referred to as the Venus Radar Mapper, was a 1,035-kilogram (2,282 lb) robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989, to map the surface of Venus by using synthetic aperture radar and to measure the planetary gravitational field.
  • TanDEM-X
    TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is the name of TerraSAR-X's twin satellite, a German Earth observation satellite using SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) - a modern radar imaging technology.
  • Kongsberg Spacetec
    Kongsberg Spacetec AS or KSPT, prior to 1994 Spacetec A/S, is a supplier of ground stations based in Tromsø, Norway.
  • Radar MASINT
    Radar MASINT is one of the subdisciplines of Measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) and refers to intelligence gathering activities that bring together disparate elements that do not fit within the definitions of Signals intelligence (SIGINT), Imagery intelligence (IMINT), or human intelligence (HUMINT).
  • Radar imaging
    Imaging radar is an application of radar which is used to create two-dimensional images, typically of landscapes.
  • Richard Goldstein (astronomer)
    Richard M. "Dick" Goldstein (born April 1927) is an American radar astronomer and planetary scientist, who has been called "The Father of Radar Interferometry.
  • UNAVCO
    UNAVCO is a non-profit university-governed consortium that facilitates geoscience research and education using Geodesy.
  • Lacrosse (satellite)
    Lacrosse or Onyx is a series of terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
  • Sentinel-1A
    Sentinel-1A is a European radar imaging satellite launched in 2014.
  • Seasat
    Seasat was the first Earth-orbiting satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans and had on board the first spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
  • Radarsat-1
    Radarsat-1 is Canada's first commercial Earth observation satellite.
  • NPA Satellite Mapping
    NPA Satellite Mapping is the longest-established satellite mapping specialist in Europe, with expertise in geoscience applications of earth observation and remote sensing.
  • Göktürk-3
    Göktürk-3 is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation satellite that will be designed and developed under prime contractorship of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) with support of Military Electronic Industries (ASELSAN) and TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) for the Turkish Ministry of National Defence.
  • DF-26
    The Dong-Feng 26 (DF-26, Chinese: 东风-26) is an intermediate-range ballistic missile deployed by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force produced by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
  • Sentinel-1B
    Sentinel-1B is a European radar imaging satellite launched on 2016-04-25.
  • General Atomics Avenger
    The General Atomics Avenger (formerly Predator C) is a developmental unmanned combat air vehicle built by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for the U.
  • Boeing OC-135B Open Skies
    The OC-135B Open Skies United States Air Force observation aircraft supports the Treaty on Open Skies.
  • RISAT-1A
    Radar Imaging Satellite 1A, or RISAT-1A, is a planned remote sensing satellite that is similar in configuration to RISAT-1 .
  • Opticks (software)
    Opticks is a remote sensing application that supports imagery, video (motion imagery), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), multi-spectral, hyper-spectral, and other types of remote sensing data.
  • COSMO-1
    COSMO-1 or COSMO-Skymed 1 is an Italian radar imaging satellite.
  • Selex ES Falco
    The Falco (English: hawk) is a tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and produced by Selex ES (now Leonardo-Finmeccanica, originally by Galileo Avionica of Italy).
  • Denel Dynamics Bateleur
    The Bateleur (named for the bateleur eagle) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype designed and built by Denel Dynamics (formerly Kentron).