Status of the TerraSAR-X Mission

Author

Roth, Andrei

Author_Institution

German Remote Sensing Data Center, Oberpfaffenhofen

fYear

2006

fDate

July 31 2006-Aug. 4 2006

Firstpage

1918

Lastpage

1920

Abstract

TerraSAR-X is a new German radar satellite scheduled to be launched in October 2006 with a lifetime of 5 years. It carries a high frequency X-band SAR sensor that can be operated in three different modes and polarizations. The Spotlight-, Stripmap- and ScanSAR-modes provide high resolution images for detailed analysis as well as wide swath data whenever a larger coverage is required. Imaging will be possible in single, dual and quad-polarization. TerraSAR-X will be an operational SAR-system for scientific and commercial applications. The Pre-launch AO was the first opportunity to apply for data for research purposes. Between June 13 and October 4 2005 172 Pis submitted 205 proposals representing more then 350 research groups.

Keywords

artificial satellites; geophysical equipment; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 2006 10; German radar satellite; ScanSAR mode; Spotlight mode; Stripmap mode; TerraSAR-X mission status; high frequency X-band SAR sensor; Frequency; Instruments; Laser radar; Payloads; Polarization; Radar tracking; Satellites; Space vehicles; Spaceborne radar; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2006. IGARSS 2006. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9510-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2006.495

Filename

4241642