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LEFT LOOKING MODE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An imaging mode in which the viewing axis of a satellite is rotated from right to left.

CONT

About 75% of imaging will be performed in right-looking mode: the left-looking mode will be used for Antarctic mapping, emergency situations and to improve market access.

OBS

left-looking mode: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

Key term(s)
  • left looking mode

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

Mode imageur dont l'axe de visée du satellite est pivoté de droite à gauche.

OBS

Avec sa fonction de visée à droite et à gauche, RADARSAT-2 pourra capter des images à une résolution pouvant atteindre 3 mètres dans un couloir de 800 km d'un côté comme de l'autre de la trace.

OBS

mode de visée à gauche : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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