SAR Panel Design and Performance for the PAZ Mission

PAZ is a highly flexible X-band SAR Satellite which primary objective is global Earth Observation to serve the strategic needs of the Spanish Government within the National Earth Observation Programme. The PAZ Satellite will be capable to provide high quality SAR images with a variety of sizes and resolution ranging from medium over wide regions up to very high resolution. This paper describes the design, the units' performance and the qualification test campaign of the PAZ SAR panel. Besides, a short overview of the instrument performance and the verification strategy used in PAZ is presented.