When the first time I heard about this, my mind just blow! Is it real? Then I tried to look for more detail information about it. The answer is yes, it is real!
Umbra, the company with six SAR satellite on orbit is now deliver commercial SAR data with 16-cm spatial resolution. You may check form this https://umbra.space/ and check their open data program form here https://registry.opendata.aws/umbra-open-data/
The temporal resolution is 6-12 hours depending on its latitude. They offer single-looked spotlight mode in either 16cm, 25cm, 35cm, 50cm, or 1m resolution, and multi-looked spotlight mode.
According to their website, the Umbra has X-band imaging radar pulse and can transmit from 9.2 – 10.4 GHz. The radar has a modulated signal Bandwidth of 1,200 MHz, a PRF of 2- 8 kHz, and a Duty Cycle of <20%.
Figure below is the example of Umbra data of Grasberg Copper-Gold Mine, Mimika, Papua Province, Indonesia
While this one is image of Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand
What do you think we can do using the Umbra SAR data? Leave your comments below!
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