SAR Satellites

Platform	ICEYE	Capella Space	Umbra	TerraSAR-X	KOMPSAT-5	Sentinal 1A
Data products
Data product	Custom	Custom, SLC, GEC, GEO, SICD	Custom	Custom	Custom	Custom
Type	Tasking	Tasking, Catalog	Tasking	Tasking	Tasking	Tasking
Spectral bands combination	X-band	X-Band	X-Band	X-Band	X-Band	C-Band
Specifications
General
Provider	ICEYE	Capella Space	Umbra	Airbus SAR	SIIS	Copernicus
Collection type	Tasking	Tasking Catalog	Tasking	Tasking	Tasking	Tasking
Product type	SAR	SAR	SAR	SAR	SAR	SAR
System type	Satellite	Satellite	Satellite	Satellite	Satellite	Satellite
Data
Azimuth resolution	Spot (standard): 1 m Spot (fine): 50 cm Spot (extended): 1 m Strip: 3 m Scan: 15 m	Spot: 50 cm Site: 1 m Strip: 1.20 m	25 cm 35 cm 50 cm 1 m	Spot (standard): 2 m Spot (high resolution): 1 m Spot (high resolution 300 MHz): 1 m Site: 25 cm Strip: 3 m Scan (standard): 18.50 m Scan (wide): 40 m	Spot (standard): 1 m Spot (enhanced): 1 m Spot (ultra): 85 cm Strip (standard): 3 m Strip (enhanced): 2.50 m Scan (standard): 20 m Scan (enhanced): 20 m
Ground range resolution	Spot (standard): 90 cm–1.50 m Spot (fine): 43 cm–73 cm Spot (extended): 90 cm–1.50 m Strip: up to 3 m Scan: up to 15 m	Spot: 40 cm–70 cm Site: 70 cm–1.20 m Strip: 1.10 m–1.60 m	From 25 cm to 1 m	Spot (standard): 1.48 m–3.49 m Spot (high resolution): 1.48 m–3.49 m Spot (high resolution 300 MHz): 74 cm–1.77 m Site: 85 cm–1.77 m Strip: 1.70 m–3.49 m Scan (standard): 1.70 m–3.49 m Scan (wide): up to 7 m	Spot (standard): up to 1 m Spot (enhanced): up to 1 m Spot (ultra): up to 85 cm Strip (standard): up to 3 m Strip (enhanced): up to 2.50 m Scan (standard): up to 20 m Scan (enhanced):
					SLC: up to 5 m
					GEC and GTC: up to 20 m
Bit depth per pixel	16-bit (unsigned integer) 32-bit (float)	Complex: 16-bit Geocoded: 32-bit	8-bit	16-bit	16-bit
Delivery format	A ZIP file containing the following files:	A ZIP file containing the following files:	A ZIP file containing the following files:	A ZIP file containing the following files:	A ZIP file containing the following files:
	Data (HDF5, GeoTIFF)	Data (SLC, GEC, GEO: GeoTIFF; SICD: NITF)	Data (GEC: GeoTIFF; SICD, SIDD: NITF; CPHD: CPHD)	Data (COSAR or GeoTIFF)	Data (HDF5 or GeoTIFF)
	Metadata (XML)	Metadata (JSON)	Metadata (JSON)	Metadata (KML, TXT, XML)	Metadata (KML, TXT, XML)
	Masks (KML)	Visuals (GeoTIFF)		Visuals (GeoTIFF)	Masks (GeoTIFF)
	Overviews (PNG)	Thumbnails (PNG)			Thumbnails (JPEG, PNG)
Masks	ROI Transparency	Transparency	Transparency	Transparency	Quality ROI Transparency
Processing levels	GRD, SLC	GEC, GTC	SICD, CPHD, SIDD, GEC	SLC, GRD, GEC, GTC	SLC, GEC, GTC
System
Acquisition mode	Spot (standard) Spot (fine) Spot (extended) Strip Scan	Spot Site Strip	Spot	Spot (standard) Spot (high resolution) Spot (high resolution 300 MHz) Site Strip Scan (standard) Scan (wide)	Spot (standard) Spot (enhanced) Spot (ultra) Strip (standard) Strip (enhanced) Scan (standard) Scan (enhanced)
Incidence angle	Mode-dependent, from 15° to 35°	From 25° to 50°	From 0° to 80°	Mode-dependent, from 15° to 55°	Mode-dependent, from 20° to 55°
Slant range resolution	Spot (standard): 50 cm Spot (fine): 25 cm Spot (extended): 90 cm Strip: 50 cm–2.50 m	Spot: 30 cm Site: 30 cm Strip: 75 cm	1-look 2-look 3-look	Spot (standard): 1.20 m Spot (high resolution): 1.20 m Spot (high resolution 300 MHz): 60 cm Site: 60 cm Strip: 1.20 m Scan (standard): 1.20 m Scan (wide): from 1.70 m to 3.30 m
Tasking priority	Standard	Standard	From 35 cm to 1 m	Standard	Standard High
Orbit	Sun-synchronous, at 560–580 km	Mid-inclination, from 44° to 53°, at 590–647 km	Sun-synchronous, at 450–600 km	Sun-synchronous, at 514 km	Sun-synchronous, at 550 km
Orbit direction	Ascending Descending	Ascending Descending	Ascending Descending	Ascending Descending	Ascending Descending Both
Number of satellites	33+	6	5	2	1
Polarization	Single: VV	Single: HH, VV	Single: HH, VV	Single: HH, VV Dual: HH/VV	Single: HH, VV Cross: HV, VH
Revisit rate	Daily	5 times a day	4 times a day	Every 11 days	Every 2 days
Swath width			4 km
Band data
Specification
Frequency	X-band: 9.65 GHz	X-band: 9.4–9.9 GHz	X-band: 9.8 GHz	X-band: 9.65 GHz	X-band: 9.66 GHz
Geographic reference
Coordinate reference system	Geographic-WGS84	Complex: Geographic-WGS84 Geocoded: UTM-WGS84	UTM-WGS84	Geographic-WGS84	UTM-WGS84
Positional accuracy	1.5 m SE90 absolute		< 15 m CE99 absolute	Horizontal: 10 m CE90 absolute	6.22 m CE90 absolute
				Vertical:
				10 m LE90 absolute
				2 m LE90 relative
Conditions
Limitations	Input: AOI Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI	Input: AOI Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI	Input: POI	Input: AOI	Input: AOI
	Spot (standard): 5×5 km	Spot: 5×5 km	Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined POI	Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI	Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI
	Spot (fine): 5×5 km	Site: from 5×10 km to 5×50 km	Standard footprint:	Spot (standard): 10×10 km	Spot: 5×5 km
	Spot (extended): 15×15 km	Strip: from 5×20 km to 5×200 km	5×5 km	Spot (high resolution): 10×5 km	Strip: up to 840×30 km
	Strip: from 30×50 km to 30×500 km		Natural footprint:	Spot (high resolution 300 MHz): 10×5 km	Scan: up to 840×100 km
			10×10 km	Site: 4×3.7 km
	Scan: from 100×100 km to 100×500 km		20×13 km	Strip: from 30×50 km to 30×1650 km
			Within natural footprints, only the central 5×5 km area maintains the selected resolution, while the surrounding areas might have artifacts that reduce quality.	Scan (standard): from 100×150 km to 100×1650 km
				Scan (wide): from 270×200 km to 270×1500 km
Minimum charge	As per 1 scene	As per 1 scene	As per 1 scene	As per 1 scene	As per 1 scene
Catalog conditions
Limitations		Input: AOI Availability: from 2020 Output: scenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI
		Spot: 5×5 km
		Site: from 5×10 km to 5×50 km
		Strip: from 5×20 km to 5×200 km
Minimum charge		As per 1 scene
API Integration
	Custom Tasking	Custom Tasking	Custom Tasking	Custom Tasking	Custom Tasking
	Name: iceye-tasking	Name: capella-tasking	Name: umbra-tasking	Name: terra-sar-tasking	Name: kompsat5-tasking
	ID: 205fd9e1-4b00-4f0a-aabd-01e2f3f4dfba	ID: 83e21b35-e431-43a0-a1c4-22a6ad313911	ID: fe2d291a-d065-481e-a083-aa2c7b901be8	ID: a6f64332-3148-4e05-a475-45a02176f210	ID: d3eb1e5b-1cc4-4ff8-be01-9ad558edd09f
	Collection name: iceye-tasking	Collection name: capella-tasking	Collection name: umbra-tasking	Collection name: terra-sar-tasking	Collection name: kompsat5-tasking
		SLC Catalog
		Name: capella-slc-full-scene
		ID: 1f2b0d7f-d3e2-4b3d-96b7-e7c184df7952
		Collection name: capella-slc
		GEC Catalog
		Name: capella-gec-full-scene
		ID: 96072809-d820-4cf9-86dd-d3bff3337c35
		Collection name: capella-gec
		GEO Catalog
		Name: capella-geo-full-scene
		ID: d66facaa-533f-49a2-849a-c2910ac9dd31
		Collection name: capella-geo
		SICD Catalog
		Name: capella-sicd-full-scene
		ID: 8b0aed07-c565-4bf9-b719-401e692de4a6
		Collection name: capella-sicd