NovaSAR

NovaSAR-S is a all-weather day/night S Band SAR mission which images in the frequency band of 3.1-3.3 GHz transmitting data in X-band from an altitude of 580 km in Sun-synchronous orbit with a local time of 10.30 AM. It is a joint technology demonstration initiative of SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.), UK, and Airbus DS (former EADS Astrium Ltd, Stevenage, UK) . The satellite was launched on-board PSLV-C42 from SDSC (SatishDhawan Space Center), Sriharikota, ISRO . The data is received at National Remote Sensing centre (NRSC) , processed and disseminated to Users .

The NovaSAR-S S band SAR imager provides medium resolution SAR data ranging from 6m-45m resolutions and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data for tracking ships on-board as primary and secondary payloads respectively. It The baseline SAR imaging modes are Stripmap, ScanSAR, ScanSARwide and Maritime.Itcollects images with Single, Dual and Tri Polarization capability which is ideal for applications like flood monitoring, agricultural crop assessment, forest monitoring, land use mapping and maritime applications.

Levels of Processing DATA Products Description
Level-1SLC Scene-BasedGeo-Tagged Product(For Stripmap Mode only) Slant Range Product. Format: GeoTIFF
Level-1GRD Scene-BasedGeo-Tagged Product (For Stripmap Mode) Ground Range Product. Format: GeoTIFF
Level-1SCD Scene-BasedGeo-Tagged Product (For ScanSAR Mode) Ground Range Product. Format: GeoTIFF
Level-1Maritime Strip-Based GeoTagged Product Ground Range Product. Format: GeoTIFF
Level-2GeoRef Scene-BasedGeo-Referenced Product (For Stripmap and ScanSAR modes) Map Projected Product with Sigma Naught Backscatter and Surface Water layer products. Format: GeoTIFF
 
 
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