KOMPSAT-5 SAR design and performance

KOMPSAT-5 is an Earth Observation mission funded by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) in order to collect SAR images of the Korean Peninsula for the Korean Geographic Information Systems and for the Korean environment and disaster monitoring System. This paper presents design and performance of the X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar developed by Thales Alenia Space Italia in the frame of this program.