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PhoeniX

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MetaSensing lightweight modular X-band SAR payload for microsatellites with Stripmap and Spotlight modes.

Sensor

PhoeniX is a MetaSensing lightweight modular X-band SAR payload for microsatellites.^[1]

Its April 2025 configuration uses a slotted-waveguide antenna, mass above 50 kg, up to 500 MHz bandwidth, and single-polarisation operation.^[1]

PhoeniX supports Spotlight HR at 0.3 m range and azimuth resolution over 5 km, Spotlight at 0.5 m range and 1 m azimuth resolution over 10 km, and Stripmap modes from 0.5 m to 2 m range resolution with 1.7 m azimuth resolution over 30 km.^[1]

The April 2025 brochure specifies 0.3 m as the finest Spotlight HR resolution; the product page and earlier brochure show 0.5 m as best resolution.^[2]^[1]

PhoeniX was prepared for launch as a SAR payload.^[3]

Methodology	Evidence
SAR backscatter change detection	Capable.^[1]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Sources

[1]Brochure PhoeniX MetaSensingoperator datasheet2026-05-26
[2]PhoeniX product pageoperator marketing2026-05-26
[3]MetaSensing PhoeniX SAR payload gears up for launchoperator press2026-05-26

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PhoeniX. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/phoenix-sar (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:phoenix-sar,
  title = {PhoeniX},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/phoenix-sar}
}