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{{short description|Use of radar systems mounted on satellites}} {{confused|Radiolocation-satellite service}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2021}} [[File:ORS-2.jpg|thumb|ORS-2]] '''Space-based radar''' or '''spaceborne radar''' is a [[radar]] operating in [[outer space]]; '''orbiting radar''' is a radar in [[orbit]] and '''Earth orbiting radar''' is a radar in [[geocentric orbit]]. A number of [[Earth-observing satellite]]s, such as [[RADARSAT]], have employed [[synthetic aperture radar]] (SAR) to obtain terrain and land-cover information about the [[Earth]].<ref name="variety" />
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