Sources of SAR Data

Shuttle Imaging Radar (SIR) experiments

    

SIR-A flew on the space shuttle `Columbia' and collected data on 12 November, 1981. It is L-band, HH polarised.

        National Space Science Data Center

        Coordinated Request User Support Office

        NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

        Code 633, Building 26, Room 113

        Greenbelt. MD 20771

        USA

Tel:	(+1) 301 286 6695
Fax:	(+1) 301 286 1771
URL:	http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/earth/earthfaq.html

SIR-B flew on the space shuttle `Challenger' and collected data on 5 October, 1984. It is L-band, HH polarised.

SIR-C has flown on several space shuttle missions since 1993. It has L-band and C-band SAR with quadrature polarisation, and also X-band, HH polarised.

        Radar Data Center

        Jet Propulsion Laboratories

        California Institute of Technology

        4800 Oak Grove Drive

        Pasadena. CA 91109

        USA

Fax:	(+1) 818 393 2640
URL:	http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/

AirSAR

        

An airborne SAR which collects multi-frequency data at C, L, and P bands.

        Radar Data Center

        Jet Propulsion Laboratories

        California Institute of Technology

        4800 Oak Grove Drive

        Pasadena. CA 91109

        USA

Fax:	(+1) 818 393 2640
URL:	http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/

Japanese Earth Resources Satellite

    

JERS-1 (Fuyo 1) was launched on 11 February, 1992. It is L-band, HH polarisation, with $38.5^\circ$ incidence angle.

        National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)

        Earth Observation Program Office

        Tokyo 105

        JAPAN

Tel:	(+81) 3 5470 4254
URL:	http://hdsn.eoc.nasda.go.jp/

European ERS Satellites

    

ERS-1 was launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in July 1991. It is C-band, VV polarisation, with $23^\circ$ incidence angle.

ERS-2 was launched in 1995 to continue the work.

        ERS Helpdesk

        ESRIN

        Via G. Galilei

        00044 Frascati

        Rome

        ITALY

Tel:	(+39) 6 941 80666
Fax:	(+39) 6 941 80272
URL:	http://www.esa.int/

European Envisat ASAR

    

Envisat was launched in 2002; the C-band ASAR instrument provides 25m resolution and H and V polarisations, with better coverage, range of incidence angles, and modes of operation than ERS.

        ERS Helpdesk

        ESRIN

        Via G. Galilei

        00044 Frascati

        Rome

        ITALY

Tel:	(+39) 6 941 80666
Fax:	(+39) 6 941 80272
URL:	http://www.esa.int/envisat/instruments.html

Radarsat

    

Radarsat is a Canadian satellite launched in August, 1995. It is C-band, HH polarisation, with a $20^\circ$-$60^\circ$ variable incidence angle.

        Radarsat International, Inc.

        275 Slater Street

        Suite 1203

        Ottawa

        Ontario, K1P 5H9

        CANADA

Tel:	(+1) 613 238 5424
Fax:	(+1) 613 238 5425
URL:	http://radarsat.space.gc.ca/