YINSAR: a compact, low-cost interferometric synthetic aperture radar

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has proven useful for many different applications. Many more applications would be possible with a low-cost instrument. To address this need, BYU has developed its interferometric SAR, YINSAR. This compact, low-cost system is operated from a four passenger aircraft. This paper reports the current status of YINSAR. The system operation and instrument platform are described in detail. The motion measurements and their statistics are discussed.