spaceborne radar sounder
C38244
concept
A spaceborne radar sounder is an orbital remote sensing instrument that transmits radio waves toward a planetary body and records their echoes to probe and map subsurface structures and properties.
Observed surface forms (4)
- ground-penetrating radar instrument ×1
- ice-penetrating radar ×1
- radar sounder ×1
- subsurface sounding radar ×1
Instances (5)
- Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding
- RIMFAX via concept surface "ground-penetrating radar instrument"
- SHARAD via concept surface "radar sounder"
- Shallow Radar via concept surface "subsurface sounding radar"
- Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface via concept surface "ice-penetrating radar"