Sensor · Spaceborne

MeteoSAR Meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar

Missions → Meteor-M N2-4 (Operational) , Meteor-M N2-3 (Degraded)

X-band meteorological synthetic aperture radar on Meteor-M N2-4; WMO notes it operates separately because of spacecraft-orientation constraints.

Sensor

MeteoSAR is an X-band synthetic aperture radar meteorological imager on the Meteor-M N2-4 Earth-observation payload set.^[1]^[2] It operates at a 9.623 GHz centre frequency and supports multi-polarisation SAR imaging.^[1] Its mode-dependent imaging geometry includes swath from 10 to 750 km and resolution entries of 1 m and 5 to 500 m depending on mode, so the useful capability is mode-specific rather than a single fixed ground sample distance.^[1]

Its Earth-observation applications are all-weather imaging of ocean, land and ice, plus wave-direction and wave-period variables from SAR imagettes.^[1] Meteor-M N2-4 is an operational meteorology mission with land-observation contribution, and MeteoSAR is the radar Earth-observation instrument in that mission context.^[2] WMO records MeteoSAR as operating separately because of Meteor-M N2-4 spacecraft-orientation constraints.^[2] SAR backscatter is demonstrated on Meteor-M N2-4 through MeteoSAR.^[1]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

carried by Meteor-M N2-4

carried by Meteor-M N2-3

Methods this sensor implements

Demonstrated

SAR backscatter imagingvia Meteor-M N2-4
MeteoSAR is an X-band synthetic aperture radar payload.

Capable, undemonstrated

None on record.

Topics this relates to

Ocean surface winds SAR backscatter imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Sea state SAR backscatter imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Wind energy siting SAR backscatter imaging(demonstrated)well suited

Economic activity intelligence SAR backscatter imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Snow cover SAR backscatter imaging(demonstrated)adequate

Ocean currents SAR backscatter imaging(demonstrated)marginal

Sources

[1]WMO OSCAR instrument record: MeteoSARagency doc2026-06-16
[2]WMO OSCAR satellite record: Meteor-M N2-4agency doc2026-06-16

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MeteoSAR Meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/meteosar (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:meteosar,
  title = {MeteoSAR Meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/meteosar}
}