TerraSAR-X
TerraSAR-X is an imaging radar Earth observation satellite, a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium. The exclusive commercial exploitation rights are held by the geo-information service provider Astrium. TerraSAR-X was launched on 15 June 2007 and has been in operational service since January 2008. With its twin satellite TanDEM-X, launched 21 June 2010, TerraSAR-X acquires the data basis for the WorldDEM, the worldwide and homogeneous DEM available from 2014.
Key facts
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- TerraSAR-X
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- TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X satellites in formation flight over Europa.jpg
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- A rendering of the satellites TerraSar-X and TanDEM-X flying over Europe
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- TerraSARX Logo.png
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- Radar imaging
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- DLR
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- 2007-026A
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- 31698
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- Elapsed:
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- EADS Astrium
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Satellite and mission
- TerraSAR-X imaging modes
- TanDEM-X and WorldDEM Akida
- Satellite radar
- Novel design features of TerraSAR X
- Scanning and trajectory
- Ground segment
- Applications
- Scientific use of TerraSAR-X data
- Commercial use of TerraSAR-X data
- See also
- References
- External links
TerraSAR-X is an imaging radar Earth observation satellite, a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium. The exclusive commercial exploitation rights are held by the geo-information service provider Astrium. TerraSAR-X was launched on 15 June 2007 and has been in operational service since January 2008. With its twin satellite TanDEM-X, launched 21 June 2010, TerraSAR-X acquires the data basis for the WorldDEM, the worldwide and homogeneous DEM available from 2014.
==Satellite and mission== thumb|Radar image