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Through the analysis of the straight line motion with constant velocity and the geometric modeling of the turning motion in spaceborne SAR, the imaging signatures of the turning motion target are obtained, such as the broken line phenomenon at the curve. Furthermore, a method for estimating the turning velocity is proposed here. The radial velocity is calculated by the azimuth offset of the turning motion target and the azimuth velocity is calculated by the phase error compensated in the refocusing process. The amplitude and direction of the velocity can be obtained by using both of them. 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