Experience of creation of the ground calibration polygon complex for the space synthetic aperture radar testing

The presented calibration polygon complex (CPC) is intended for verification and validation of radar images (RI). Results of the flight experiment: imaging of CPC “Skripali ” (Ukraine) by the S/C “Radarsat-2” and the subsequent analysis of the gained images have led to the conclusion about basic readiness CPC for acknowledging of RI performances from S/C “Kondor-E” at a stage of flight tests and verification and validation RIfrom other systems.