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2026 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
9 - 14 August 2026 • Washington, D.C.
WE4.R17: Spaceborne SAR Missions: Mission Status, Calibration, and Emerging Applications
Wednesday, 12 August, 16:15 - 17:30
Location: Lincoln West
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Tobias Bollian, ESA and Ekaterina Tymofyeyeva, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Track: Sensors
Wed, 12 Aug, 16:15 - 16:30

WE4.R17.1: SENTINEL-1C AIS COMMISSIONING AND PERFORMANCE RESULTS
Stefan Graham, Ainhoa Solana, European Space Agency, Netherlands; Edoardo Rondoni, Fabio Frattasi, Thales Alenia Space, Italy; Tobias Bollian, Nuno Miranda, David Bibby, Ramón Torres, European Space Agency, Netherlands
Wed, 12 Aug, 16:30 - 16:45

WE4.R17.2: A Projected Area Ratio-Based Optical DOM-Assisted Geometric Calibration Framework for SAR
Haisong Weng, Zhiming Liu, Qiming Yuan, Qingsong Wang, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Wed, 12 Aug, 16:45 - 17:00

WE4.R17.3: Evaluating the Science Performance of the International Synthetic Aperture Radar Constellation for Solid Earth Surface Deformation Measurements
Ekaterina Tymofyeyeva, Shadi Oveisgharan, Charles Le, Marco Lavalle, Ala Khazendar, Stephen Horst, Paul A. Rosen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States
Wed, 12 Aug, 17:00 - 17:15

WE4.R17.4: RADARSAT 30 YEARS AND BEYOND
Stephane Chalifoux, Genevieve Houde, Canadian Space Agency, Canada
Wed, 12 Aug, 17:15 - 17:30

WE4.R17.5: CHORUS - C/X MISSION: FEATURES AND APPLICATION BENEFITS
Gordon Staples, MDA Space, Canada