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StarSAR-X

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MetaSensing spaceborne X-band phased-array SAR payload with electronic steering and sub-0.2 m slant-range resolution.

Sensor

StarSAR-X is a MetaSensing spaceborne X-band phased-array SAR payload for orbital operation.^[1]

The NOCTUA design uses a 5.0 m by 0.8 m antenna with 480 transmit-receive modules, up to 500 MHz chirp bandwidth, vertical linear antenna polarization, and less than 2,200 W RF peak power.^[2]

Its mode set spans Spotlight at 0.3 m range and 0.5 m azimuth resolution over 10 km, Stripmap at 0.5 m range and 2.5 m azimuth resolution over 30 km, and ScanSAR variants from 60 km to 120 km swath at 5 m to 20 m azimuth resolution.^[2]

StarSAR-X supports very-high-resolution spotlight imaging down to 0.125 m by 0.25 m and single or digital multichannel configurations.^[3]

Methodology	Evidence
InSAR surface deformation	Capable.^[2]
SAR backscatter change detection	Capable.^[2]
Polarimetric SAR decomposition	Full-polarimetric configuration enables PolSAR decomposition (operator-claimed; independent validation not confirmed).^[1]

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Sources

[1]StarSAR-X product pageoperator marketing2026-05-26
[2]MetaSensing StarSAR-X NOCTUA technical paperoperator engineering2026-05-26
[3]Brochure StarSAR-X MetaSensingoperator datasheet2026-05-26

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StarSAR-X. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/starsar-x (CC BY 4.0)

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