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New Satellite Image Captures The Isle Of Wight

A groundbreaking new satellite image has captured the Isle of Wight from space.

In December, Surrey's Satellite Technology Limited's (SSTL) NovaSAR-1 satellite was tasked to image the United Kingdom.

The seven downloaded images have been stitched together into a mosaic corresponding to an area of approximately 1500x1168 km (1.75 million square km) or 938 x 730 miles (685,000 square miles).

NovaSAR-1 images using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), a powerful tool for monitoring the Earth from space due to its ability to see through clouds and image the Earth both night and day.

The Isle of Wight can be clearly seen in the image, along with cities, bridges, airports and offhsore wind farms.

NovaSAR-1 was designed and manufactured by SSTL, with an S-Band SAR payload developed by Airbus Defence and Space in Portsmouth and an Automatic Identification Receiver supplied by Honeywell Aerospace.

NovaSAR-1 is the first SAR spacecraft to be manufactured entirely in the UK.

You can see a higher resolution image here - https://www.sstl.co.uk/media-hub/images/sar-earth-images/united-kingdom-sar-mosaic

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