Newly developed X-band SAR system onboard Japanese small satellite “ASNARO-2”

ASNARO-2 is a small size Japanese earth observation satellite, which carries a newly developed X-band SAR mission system. Although the SAR mission system is light-weight and low cost system, its specification is not far behind from large satellite. It has the high resolution and wide swath. The performance of NESZ (Noise Equivalent Sigma Zero), which is less than the conventional high-spec satellite, is also a sufficient image quality. It is expected that ASNARO-2 can be more available for many users.