28 April 2016
Rocket Launch from Russia's Vostochny Cosmodrome Successful
...mode and a 4.5 meter resolution in multispectral mode. Also on board is the BiRLK Bistatic P-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) capable of observing targets hidden by vegetation and subsurface features as well examining global geology and vegetation...
05 May 2016
Contract signed by Airbus, Space UK and ESA to deliver Biomass satellite
... mapping forest vegetation, the wavelength of the RADAR system will determine whether the synthetic aperture RADAR (SAR) backscatter is dominated by surface scattering or volume scattering. While worldwide forest type and forest cover can be detected...
21 November 2023
Britain announces plan to launch EO satellite
..., which will be announced in due course.” Portugal is also developing in parallel a series of complementary constellations for VDES, SAR and Very High-Resolution imagery that are expected to be operational by 2026, and these constellations will...
12 November 2025
CATALYST launches INSIGHTS Horizon for defence and govt agencies
... of proven AI-enabled solutions and algorithm expertise that are sensor agnostic, supporting synthetic aperture radar (SAR), electro-optical, and aerial imagery to achieve persistent monitoring capabilities, slashing time-to-insight for mission...
10 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter probe blasts off to face the Sun
... and completed the challenge of building a spacecraft that is ready to face the Sun and study it up close,” adds César García Marirrodriga, ESA’s Solar Orbiter project manager. New perspectives on our parent star Solar Orbiter will...
