Get resolution and whether right/left looking from sentinel metadata

Question

Is it possible in Sentinel hub products to know the resolution of the product and whether the SAR was right or left looking at the scene?

I know that it's possible to know if the SAR was operating in a descending or ascending mode from the /annotation/*.xml files (from the `...' value), but I couldn't find the aforementioned parameters inside those files!

Answer 1

The look direction of the C-SAR instrument is right.

The resolution as well as the pixel spacing depends on the product and the acquisition mode. They can range from 1.7m x 4.3 for Level 1 SLC SM to 52m by 51m for Level 1 GRD WV. ESA provides a list of all resolutions and pixel spacings for Sentinel-1 products.