South Korea Getting Serious about SAR
The South Korean government has announced that three regions - South Jeolla Province, South Gyeongsang Province and Daejeon city - will be designated as clusters for the space industry, with…
Radar Satellites Lead the Way: Shedding light in the dark
This video is based on data acquisitions from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission between 3 October and 31 October 2019. It remains constantly centred on the Polarstern (bright dot starting at…
Watching A Pacific Island with SAR for 5 Years
Jim Garvin and Dan Slayback are two NASA scientists who have studied the volcanic island. They’ve relied on radar imaging satellites to do so, using a type of radar called…
30 Years Ago: Magellan SAR Map Venus
Venus has often been called Earth’s sister planet, mainly because the two are roughly the same size. And there the similarity ends. One significant difference is that Venus is covered…
L and S band SAR on India’s Moon Mission
India’s space agency ISRO will attempt to launch its second lunar Chandrayaan-2, in April this year, with a launch window that will last until October. Additionally, ISRO’s new Chairman, Dr.…
VA001 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Vanilla Aircraft
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. The VA001 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Vanilla Aircraft (Falls Church, Virginia) set a record when it landed at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Monday,…
Does fracking cause earthquakes?
Researchers went high in the sky to find out what's shakin' below the Earth. What they saw conclusively links seismic activity to wastewater injections. Posted on 22 NOV, 2016: Tristan Fitzpatrick Between…
SAR Gallery
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Cassini SAR Scan of main rings
The light of a new day on Saturn illuminates the planet’s wavy cloud patterns and the smooth arcs of the vast rings. Release from NASA/JPL Thursday, July 6 (DOY 187)…
Sentinel-1A Detects Delaware-Sized Iceberg
A Delaware-Sized Iceberg Is Tearing Off Antarctica Right Now Maddie Stone Today 8:11am The Larsen C ice shelf as seen by the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument on the Sentinel-1A…