Ground SAR Segment

MetaSensing Satellite SAR Processor (MSSP) is a state-of-the-art software tool to process the Level 0 satellite SAR data and generate the satellite SAR images.

Based on the most accurate Time Domain Back Projection, the MSSP features: 

 

  • Operational processor for any Ground Segment facility of satellite SAR missions, current and future,
  • Easily scriptable, with simple interfaces and databases that allow a straightforward integration into any ground segment system,
  • Inherent support for every acquisition mode: Stripmap, Spotlight, ScanSAR, TopSAR, high-squint and future modes,
  • Highly precise focusing and calibration thanks to the implemented Time Domain Back Projection SAR focusing kernel
  • xFully implemented in multi-GPU hardware for parallelization, portability, and straightforward upgrades to newer and faster GPU technology,
  • Easy and high scalability to multiple processing platforms (cluster, multi-GPU, cloud) thanks to the GPU implementation,
  • SAR processing speed requirements can be easily improved by adjusting the number of GPU cards or GPU-equipped nodes,
  • MSSP is hardware-aware and able to automatically distribute tasks among any number of GPU devices present on the same machine to maximize parallelization, offering a solution that is fully scalable to the user’s needs,
  • Can process SAR acquisitions of any length thanks to an advanced task planning strategy that distributes the workload among available GPU’s according to their capabilities,
  • Automatic generation of a co-registered and geo-referenced stack of SLC SAR images over DEM that allows obtaining the differential interferometric phase directly,
  • Straightforward implementation of geometrical, polarimetric and radiometric calibrations
  • Use of state-of-the-art software and coding language

 

 

Polarimetric color composition of SLC focused image with MSSP from ESA Sentinel L0 data (VV+VH).