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Former studies of missions to perform SAR interferometry and multistatic SAR applications are presented and detailed. Missions and studies to perform Earth observations by optical remote sensing are also reported.
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Graziano, M.D. (2013). Overview of Distributed Missions. In: D'Errico, M. (eds) Distributed Space Missions for Earth System Monitoring. Space Technology Library, vol 31. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4541-8_12
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