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Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) is a technique used to obtain the height and displacement of the Earth’s surface. It utilizes the phase difference information between two complex Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images. After years of unremitting research efforts, InSAR techniques have made rapid progress. Here, we present the history of the development of InSAR followed by its application. A detailed account of the basic principles of InSAR is also given in Sect. 8.2. A bistatic InSAR mission example is given in Sect. 8.3. The system design and interferometric performance analysis of the twin L-band satellites configuration are presented in detail. This design concept is based on two L-band radar satellites flying in close formation to achieve the desired interferometric baselines in a highly reconfigurable configuration that can be used in topography mapping. Finally, the multi-static multi-baseline interferometric experiment (MC-InSAR) is presented in Sect. 8.4, including the imaging geometry, system configuration, baseline design, and the interferogram. Our modified interferometric approach, which was developed specifically to address the problems encountered in the MC-InSAR configuration, is provided with the results of our research.

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Wang, R., Deng, Y. (2018). Bistatic InSAR. In: Bistatic SAR System and Signal Processing Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3078-9_8

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