| Satellite |
Agency |
Period of
Operation |
f-band (wavelength) |
Orbit
period/repeat |
Altitude |
Look angle (incidence) |
More info |
| SEASAT |
NASA/JPL |
6/1978 - 10/1978 |
L-band (235 mm) |
? min/3 days |
800 km |
23o |
NASA/JPL
Wiki |
| ERS-1 |
European Space Agency |
7/1991 - 3/2000 |
C-band (56.6 mm) |
100 min/35 days (nominally) |
782 km |
23o |
ESA
Wiki |
| SIR-C |
USA: NASA |
4/1994 - 10/1994 |
X, C, L (31, 56.6, 240 mm) |
none |
- |
o |
NASA |
| SRTM |
USA: NASA |
2/2000-3/2000 |
C-band (56.6 mm) |
none |
|
-o |
USGS
Wiki |
| ERS-2 |
European Space Agency |
4/1995 - (gyroscope died 2/2001) |
C-band (56.6 mm) |
100 min/35 days (nominally) |
782 km |
23o |
ESA
Wiki |
| Envisat |
European Space Agency |
3/2002 - |
C-band (56.6 mm) |
101 min/35 days (SSO) |
790 km |
23o |
ESA
Wiki |
| JERS |
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency |
2/1992 - 10/1998 |
L-band (235 mm) |
96 min/44 days (SSO) |
568 km |
35o |
JAEA |
| RadarSat-1 |
Canadian Space Agency |
11/1995 - (5yr design life) |
C-band (56.6 mm) |
101 Min/24 days (SSO) |
798 km |
20o-60o
variable |
CSA
Wiki |
| RadarSat-2 |
Canadian Space Agency |
12/2007 - ( 7yr design life) |
C-band (56.6 mm) |
101 Min/24 days (SSO) |
798 km |
20o-60o
variable |
CSA
Wiki |
| ALOS |
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency |
01/2006 - 05/2011 |
L-band (235 mm) |
46 days (SSO) |
692 km |
35o |
JAEA
WIKI |
| DESDynI |
NASA |
??? |
L-band (235 mm) |
12-16 day (SSO) |
600-800 km |
variable ? |
JPL
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Wed Feb 15 13:11:35 EST 2012