TerraSAR-X Mission Status
Conference: EUSAR 2014 - 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/03/2014 - 06/05/2014 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2014
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Buckreuss, Stefan (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Microwaves and Radar Institute, Germany)
Abstract:
TerraSAR-X, launched at June 15th 2007 and its identically constructed twin satellite TanDEM-X, launched on 21st of June 2010 supply high-quality radar data in order to serve two mission goals: Scientific observation of the Earth until at least end of 2015 and provision of remote sensing data for the commercial market (TerraSAR-X mission) and the generation of a global digital elevation model (DEM) of the Earth’s surface (TanDEM-X mission). This paper focuses on the TerraSAR-X mission and the status of the space and ground segment activities will be presented.