Dragonfly-C
Single polarimetric SAR satellite
The Dragonfly-C is a high-performant C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite featuring advanced onboard processing capabilities for real-time SAR image formation, ground moving target identification, and object detection and tracking.
Dragonfly-C Specifications
Frequency Band
C-band
Antenna Configuration
Deployable Phased Array
Range Bandwidth
300-600 MHz
Polarisation
HH or VV
Imaging Modes
Stripmap, Spotlight, ScanSAR, Sliding Spotlight, Stripmap Wide
Peak Radiated Power
4 kW
Transmitter Duty Cycle
5-20%
PRF
0.4-40 kHz
Incident Angle Range
20-52°
Beam Configuration
Digital Beamforming
Waveform
Arbitrary Waveform Generation
Imaging Time per Orbit
5-10 min
Payload Mass
176 kg
Bus Dry Mass
163 kg
Satellite Mass
350 kg
Data Downlink
Up to 2.5 Gbps (≥1 Gbps avg.)
Imaging Mode
Stripmap
Nominal Swath
20-44 km
Nominal Product Length
100 km
Incidence Angle
20-52°
NESZ
-20 to -17 dB
AASR & RASR
≤-20
GRD, Ground Range Resolution
3 m
GRD, Ground Azimuth Resolution
3 m
Imaging Mode
Spotlight
Nominal Swath
10 km
Nominal Product Length
5 km
Incidence Angle
20-35°
NESZ
-19 to -17 dB
AASR & RASR
≤-20
GRD, Ground Range Resolution
1-1.5 m
GRD, Ground Azimuth Resolution
1-1.5 m
Imaging Mode
ScanSAR
Nominal Swath
100 km
Nominal Product Length
100 km
Incidence Angle
20-35°
NESZ
-22 to -18 dB
AASR & RASR
≤-20
GRD, Ground Range Resolution
15 m
GRD, Ground Azimuth Resolution
15 m
Extended imaging capabilities include Sliding Spotlight, Wide-swath Stripmap and VideoSAR imaging modes.
