SMAP L1A Radar Time-Ordered Parsed Telemetry, Version 1

This Level-1A (L1A) product provides all data downlinked from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) radar during 6:00 a.m. descending and 6:00 p.m. ascending half-orbit passes. The product also contains information about the spacecraft position and attitude, as well as the antenna azimuth position over the same time period that the radar telemetry covers. The major contents of the product include high resolution synthetic aperture radar data, low resolution real aperture radar data, instrument loopback data, instrument health and status data, and standard operating conditions at antenna rotation granularity.