Radar

Arctic Radar Revolution: Space Norway & SSTL Join Forces on Game-Changing Satellite Program

Background: Space Norway & SSTL Space Norway AS is Norway’s national satellite operator, tasked with developing strategic space infrastructure for governmental and societal needs sstl.co.uk. Wholly owned by the Norwegian Ministry of

19 September 2025

Scanning the Canopy: ESA’s Biomass Radar Craft Maps Global Forest Carbon with P‑Band Vision

Biomass was selected in May 2013 as ESA’s seventh Earth Explorer mission to quantify forest carbon from space. The mission uses a P-band synthetic aperture radar at ~435 MHz (about 70 cm

27 June 2025

Carbon Mapping · Climate Change · Forest Monitoring · Remote Sensing · Space Technology

Radar Vision Boom: Why High‑Res SAR Imaging is Skyrocketing Toward 2030

The global high-resolution SAR imaging market was about $5.4 billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach about $11.6 billion by 2030, a CAGR of roughly 13%. Capella Space had around 10–15

26 June 2025

Earth Observation · Radar · Remote Sensing · SAR Imaging · Space Technology

Laser vs. Radar: Shocking Secrets of Earth’s Shrinking Ice Revealed from Space

ICESat-2 (NASA) launched September 15, 2018 on a Delta II rocket and carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), a photon-counting laser that operates from a ~481 km near-polar orbit (92°)

23 June 2025

Climate Change · Earth Observation · Laser Technology · Radar · Satellite Imaging