SAR Satellite Companies

Overview of operational SAR satellite missions.

Company Name / Satellite MissionCountryBand Best ResolutionImportat Notes
AirBus (TerraSAR)Germany X-Band72cm
e-Geos (CosmoSkyMed)ItalyX-Band1 meter
Capella SpaceUSAX-Band50 cm
MDA (RCM)CanadaC-Band3 meter
ICEYE FinlandX-Band50cm
Umbra SpaceUSAX-Band16cm
Synspective JapanX-Band1 meter
iQPSJapanX-Band75cm
Spacety ChinaC-Band3 meter
China’s L-SAR 01ChinaL-Band?
China Siwei Survey and Mapping Technology Co. LtdChina?
Huanjing Juanjing ChinaS-Band?

Coming Soon?

Company Name / Satellite MissionFunding Launch DateNote
Array Labs$5M?https://spacenews.com/introducing-array-labs/

Dead/Failed/No Updates

MissionStatusNote
Terran Orbital (LLAP) “PredaSAR”Discontinued “PredaSAR” was officially discontinued Nov 2022 (source)
AthenaBankruptFailed to raise funding
R2 SpaceDiscontinuedFounder, partnership issues
Alpha InsightsFailure Failed to raise funding
UrtheCast “Opti-SAR”Bankrupturthecast.com
XpressSARNo Updateslast update in 2018
Trident SpaceAcquiredNo updates
MetaSensing StarSAR-XDiscontinuedSeems to only be doing a “payload” now (source)