Earth observation
PAZ is a Spanish radar technology satellite designed to address not only security and defence requirements, but also others of civilian nature. It is capable of daily taking more than 100 images of up to 25 cm resolution, both day and night, and independently of weather conditions.
It cover an area of over 300,000 square kilometers a day, and orbit the Earth fifteen times a day at an altitude of 514 kilometers and a speed of seven kilometers per second. Thanks to its slightly inclined quasi-polar orbit, PAZ cover the entire Earth with an average revisit time of 24 hours.
The satellite’s total weight is about 1400kg. It is 5 metres high and 2.4 metres in diameter.
Its radar has been designed to be extremely flexible and has the ability to operate in a large number of configurations, thus supporting a variety of image types and qualities. It has 256 GB of image memory and can transmit images to Earth at 300Mbits/second in X-band.
PAZ provides Earth Observation capabilities for multiple purposes: border control, intelligence, environmental monitoring, protection of natural resources, military operations, enforcement of international treaties, surface monitoring, city and infrastructure planning, monitoring of natural catastrophes and high-resolution mapping, among many others.
Earth observation
PAZ is a Spanish radar technology satellite designed to address not only security and defence requirements, but also others of civilian nature. It is capable of daily taking more than 100 images of up to 25 cm resolution, both day and night, and independently of weather conditions.
It cover an area of over 300,000 square kilometers a day, and orbit the Earth fifteen times a day at an altitude of 514 kilometers and a speed of seven kilometers per second. Thanks to its slightly inclined quasi-polar orbit, PAZ cover the entire Earth with an average revisit time of 24 hours.
The satellite’s total weight is about 1400kg. It is 5 metres high and 2.4 metres in diameter.
Its radar has been designed to be extremely flexible and has the ability to operate in a large number of configurations, thus supporting a variety of image types and qualities. It has 256 GB of image memory and can transmit images to Earth at 300Mbits/second in X-band.
PAZ provides Earth Observation capabilities for multiple purposes: border control, intelligence, environmental monitoring, protection of natural resources, military operations, enforcement of international treaties, surface monitoring, city and infrastructure planning, monitoring of natural catastrophes and high-resolution mapping, among many others.
