SIR-C/X-SAR: A Multifaceted Radar.

Kurzfassung

The multifaceted Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SIR-C/X-SAR) was successfully flown twice in 1994 aboard the Shuttle Endeavour as part of an international imaging radar mission. Data were collected for repeat-track interferometric processing at all three frequencies. A total of 143 hours (93 terabits) of SAR data were digitally recorded on tape over the two flights for subsequent processing in the U.S., Germany and Italy. This versatile multi-frequency, multi-polarization radar system has provided a rich radar data set for Earth scientific investigation and demonstration of spaceborne radar remote sensing capabilities.