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Civilian surveillance radarsat

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  • Almaz-T Russian civilian surveillance radar satellite. The results of the manned Almaz flights showed that manned reconnaissance from space was not worth the expense. Radar satellite (modified manned spacecraft) satellite for NPO Machinostroenye, USSR. Launched 1986-1991.
  • Almaz-1B Russian civilian surveillance radar satellite. Study 1993.
  • Almaz-2 Russian civilian surveillance radar satellite. Study 1995. Plans for an even more sophisticated and capable civilian Almaz 2 spacecraft were made in the early 1990's. Almaz 2's payload mass of 6.
  • Daichi Japanese civilian surveillance optical and radar satellite used for cartography, regional observation, disaster monitoring, and resource surveying. It lost all power on 22 April 2011. Earth Observation, Radar satellite operated by NASDA, Japan. Launched 2006.
  • TerraSAR-X German civilian surveillance radar satellite. Scientific / commercial surveillance satellite, equipped with an X-band synthetic aperture radar with 1 meter resolution SAR satellite built by EADS Astrium for DLR, InfoTerra, Germany. Launched 2007 - 2010. Used AstroBus.