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    Over time, SAR instruments have achieved both increased capability and reduced mass/power. Early instruments like Seasat in 1978 had high mass (521 kg) and power (1250 W) but only provided single-polarization data. Later instruments like SIR-C in 1994 and proposed ECHO designs significantly reduced mass/power while enabling capabilities like quad-polarization and electronic scanning antennas. This trend shows the advancement of SAR technology to provide more robust data with lower resource usage.

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    Over time, SAR instruments have achieved both increased capability and reduced mass/power. Early instruments like Seasat in 1978 had high mass (521 kg) and power (1250 W) but only provided single-polarization data. Later instruments like SIR-C in 1994 and proposed ECHO designs significantly reduced mass/power while enabling capabilities like quad-polarization and electronic scanning antennas. This trend shows the advancement of SAR technology to provide more robust data with lower resource usage.

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    SAR Instrument Technology: Seasat

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    Over time, SAR instruments have achieved both increased capability and reduced mass/power. Early instruments like Seasat in 1978 had high mass (521 kg) and power (1250 W) but only provided single-polarization data. Later instruments like SIR-C in 1994 and proposed ECHO designs significantly reduced mass/power while enabling capabilities like quad-polarization and electronic scanning antennas. This trend shows the advancement of SAR technology to provide more robust data with lower resource usage.

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    SAR Instrument Technology

    Mass/Power Reduction
    vs. Increased Capability

    Seasat (1978) L-band, quad-pol,


    20KW Tx, electronic
    Instrument Mass: 521 kg scanning antenna
    Instrument Power: 1250 (3m x 50m)
    Instrument Mass & Power Reduction

    SIR-C (1994)
    Increasing Instrument Capability

    L-band, quad-pol,
    Antenna Mass: 23 kg/m2 10KW Tx, electronic
    Radar Mass: 250 kg scanning antenna
    (3m x 15m)
    DC Power: 6.8KW

    L-band, quad-pol
    5KW peak transmit
    ECHO (proposed)
    power, electronic Antenna Mass: 14 kg/m2
    scanning antenna Radar Mass: 60 kg
    (3m x 12m) DC Power: 4KW
    L-band, Single-pol Antenna Mass: 2 kg/m2
    1.5KW transmit Radar Mass: 20 kg
    power, DC Power: 10KW
    Passive antenna
    (3m x 12m)

    1978 1984 1994 1999 2004 2010 2015

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