A synthetic aperture radar assembly and a method of creating a radar image of a planet surface using such an assembly.

摘要

A synthetic aperture radar assembly (1) locatable on a satellite (2) for radar imaging of a planet surface (3) in swaths, includes means (8) for transmitting pulses (4) of electromagnetic radiation towards the planet surface (3) to be imaged, means (8) for receiving echoes of said pulses (4) returned by said planet surface (3), means for creating an image of a swath (5) of said planet surface (3) from said returned echoes and means for randomly varying the frequency of transmission of said pulses (4) to increase the width (11) of swath (5) imagable.