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    Seasat was the first Earth-orbiting satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans and had on board one of the first spaceborne synthetic-aperture...
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    create models of the Earth's shape. She became project manager for the Seasat radar altimetry project, the first satellite that could remotely sense oceans...
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    the so-called geocenter coordinates. Example: LAGEOS Satellites such as Seasat (1978) and TOPEX/Poseidon (1992-2006) used advanced dual-band radar altimeters...
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    of radar sensor for Earth observation purposes was started by NASA/JPL's Seasat satellite, which carried three different radar sensors: a synthetic aperture...
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  • SCIAMACHY SeaWiFS SORCE SPOT TES Terra TRMM ERS Nimbus program Project Vanguard Seasat TOPEX/Poseidon TIROS Automated Quality control of meteorological observations...
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  • success of the Seasat mission in 1978. (There is information below under "Data Center" about the facility's 2013 release of newly processed Seasat SAR data...
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    projection. Early exploitation of satellite-based InSAR included use of Seasat data in the 1980s, but the potential of the technique was expanded in the...
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    between 1968 and 1978. The last Atlas-Agena was flown in 1978 to launch SEASAT, on a repurposed Atlas F missile designated Atlas E/F Agena D. Included...
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    Earth observation satellite Indian Remote Sensing List of Indian satellites Seasat Shuttle Radar Topography Mission "Satellite: NISAR". World Meteorological...
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    geophysical mapping initiatives and ocean satellite altitude systems such as Seasat may have a covert purpose to map mass concentrations and determine local...
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  • measured from the local Earth normal. The SMMR was flown on Seasat and NASA Nimbus 7 in 1978. Seasat operated only for a few months until the satellite suffered...
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    the late 1970s, the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on Seasat (1978) and Nimbus 7 (1978–87) satellites provided information that was independent...
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    Magellan space probe Pulse-Doppler radar Radar MASINT Remote sensing SAR Lupe Seasat Sentinel-1 Speckle noise Synthetic aperture sonar Synthetic Aperture Ultrasound...
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    solid-fueled upper stages, a notable exception being Missile 23F which launched Seasat, a NASA oceanography satellite, on June 27, 1978, the last Atlas-Agena vehicle...
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    and Ocean Dynamics Applications Program Geodesy 1972–1978 NASA 6 LAGEOS Seasat Magsat GEOS-3 NAVSTAR GPS Navigation 1973–present US Air Force (1973–2019)...
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    Craig, C.H.; Sandwell, D.T. (1988). "Global distribution of seamounts from Seasat profiles". Journal of Geophysical Research. 93 (B9): 10408–410, 420. Bibcode:1988JGR...
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    Atlas-Agena used an Agena D stage atop a refurbished Atlas F missile to launch Seasat in 1978. Twelve more Agenas were launched on Titan vehicles through 1987...
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    wavelength = 0.031 m Wikimedia Commons has media related to SIR-C/X-SAR. SeasatSeasat Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in 1978 STS-2 with SIR-A STS-41-G with...
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    glimpse of Earth's ocean as a whole from the pioneering but short-lived Seasat satellite. TOPEX/Poseidon's radar altimeter provided the first continuous...
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  • of missions, from NASA's early interplanetary efforts; to the US Navy's SeaSat, the USAF's Corona, Midas and Samos series between January 1959 and February...
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  • Thumbnail for Eni G. Njoku
    member of the algorithm development team for the microwave radiometer on the Seasat satellite, NASA's first oceanographic satellite launched in 1978. He produced...
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    first ever Digital SAR processor under the aegis of Canada’s MDA for NASA’s SEASAT SAR data (1978). He was the principal architect of Canada’s Radarsat-1 satellite...
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  • ESA, and NASDA. The first operational wind scatterometer was known as the Seasat Scatterometer (SASS) and was launched in 1978. It was a fan-beam system...
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    spacecraft were launched which carried instruments of this type: Nimbus-7 and Seasat. The Nimbus-7 mission results allowed to globally monitor the state of ocean...
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  • retirement in 1999. He participated in a number of projects, including Viking, SEASAT, and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). He served as the JPL deputy...
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  • model for the plate tectonic evolution of the east-central Pacific based on SEASAT investigations". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 72 (1): 99–116. Bibcode:1985E&PSL...
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  • five-frequency microwave radiometer flown on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites. Both were launched in 1978, with the Seasat mission lasting less than six months...
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    satellite techniques were altimetry (measuring height over sea level), NASA's SEASAT (launched in 1978), study of waves/wind or soil data. The military has used...
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  • Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. June 28 The U.S. scientific satellite Seasat is launched. University of California Regents v. Bakke: The Supreme Court...
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    from Seasat",1990, NASA Technical Reports Server "Satellite radar altimetry over ice. Volume 4: Users' guide for Antarctica elevation data from Seasat",1990...
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