MetaSensing develops and operates airborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensors, offering high-resolution mapping services to customers worldwide, including ESA and NASA, since 2008.

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The MetaSAR has been successfully installed on Cessna 172, Cessna 182, CASA 212, Piper PA 32-R and Tecnam MMA. The sensor, including antennas, can be installed inside the fuselage, with no need for costly and time-consuming modifications to the aircraft aerodynamic

design.

​Advantages

• Light weight

• Compact size

• Low power consumption

• No need for modifications to the aircraft aerodynamic design

• Flexible track and flight height

• SAR processor

• Customizable

Key features

• Platforms: UAVs, aircrafts, helicopters

• Operational frequencies: P-, L-, C-, X-, Ku-, Ka-bands

• Waveforms: FMCW, I-FMCW, Pulse

• Full polarimetry

• Multi-channel

• Multi-frequency

Applications

• Land cover and vegetation classification

• Oceanography: ocean surface current measurement, wave and wind speed retrieval

• Snow and glacier mapping

• DEM generation

• Land management

• Surveillance and MTI

Airborne SAR image at X band showing features and details at different zoom-in levels

Merged georeferenced airborne SAR images