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Space-based radar or spaceborne radar is a radar operating in outer space;
orbiting radar is a radar in orbit and
Earth orbiting radar is a radar in geocentric orbit.
A number of Earth-observing satellites, such as RADARSAT, have employed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to obtain terrain and land-cover information about the Earth.
External links
- Air Force fact sheet
- Globalsecurity.org page