ST Engineering has launched its first polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) satellite, TeLEOS-2, in partnership with Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency. The satellite features a made-in-Singapore SAR payload and can capture both day and night images under all-weather conditions in high resolutions, with full polarimetry for a wider range of satellite data applications. The satellite offers 1m high-resolution imagery with an average of 14 passes a day, providing enhanced and wider coverage of many major shipping routes, as well as disaster-prone and forest-fire regions. The PolSAR payload allows the satellite to penetrate cloud and precipitation, allowing for improved monitoring, mapping and quantification. The launch of TeLEOS-2 will further propel the growth of Singapore’s space industry and strengthen ST Engineering’s position in the global space market.
