KOMPSAT-5

High resolution 85 cm SAR satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 2 days.


Overview

KOMPSAT-5 provides SAR imagery that can be captured every 2 days. See more on the marketplace.

A KOMPSAT-5 image of the Port of Los Angeles (USA)

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
Collection typeTasking
Product typeSAR
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Azimuth resolutionHigh Resolution: 1 m (high)
Enhanced High Resolution: 1 m (high)
Ultra High Resolution: 85 cm (high)
Standard: 3 m (medium)
Enhanced Standard: 2.50 m (medium)
Wide Swath: 20 m (medium)
Enhanced Wide Swath: 20 m (medium)
Ground range resolutionHigh Resolution: up to 1 m (high)
Enhanced High Resolution: up to 1 m (high)
Ultra High Resolution: up to 85 cm (high)
Standard: up to 3 m (medium)
Enhanced Standard: up to 2.50 m (medium)
Wide Swath: up to 20 m (medium)
Enhanced Wide Swath:
  • SLC: up to 5 m (medium)
  • GEC and GTC: up to 20 m (medium)
Bit depth per pixel16-bit
Standard deliveryA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (HDF5 or GeoTIFF)
  • Metadata (KML, TXT, XML)
  • Masks (GeoTIFF)
  • Thumbnails (JPEG, PNG)

Processing levels

System

SpecificationDescription
Acquisition modeHigh Resolution
Enhanced High Resolution
Ultra High Resolution
Standard
Enhanced Standard
Wide Swath
Enhanced Wide Swath
Incidence angleFrom 20° to 55° (mode dependent)
Tasking priorityMedium
High
OrbitSun-synchronous, at 550 km
Orbit directionAscending
Descending
Both
PolarizationSingle: HH, VV
Cross: HV, VH
Revisit rateEvery 2 days

Band

SpecificationDescription
Frequency bandX-band: 9.66 GHz

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemUTM-WGS84
Georeferencing accuracy6.22 m CE90

Limitations

LimitationValue
InputAOI
Minimum chargeAs per 1 scene
OutputScenes of a certain size intersecting the defined AOI:
  • Spotlight: 5×5 km
  • Stripmap: up to 840×30 km
  • ScanSAR: up to 840×100 km

UP42 data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection name
Customd3eb1e5b-1cc4-4ff8-be01-9ad558edd09fkompsat5-tasking