The terraSAR-X satellite project

Author

Buckreuss, S. ; Balzer, W. ; Mühlbauer, P. ; Werninghaus, R. ; Pitz, W.

Author_Institution

Microwaves & Radar Inst., Stefan, Germany

Volume

5

fYear

2003

fDate

2003

Firstpage

3096

Abstract

The objective of TerraSAR-X is the setup of an operational space borne X-Band SAR system in order to produce remote sensing products for commercial and scientific use. The TerraSAR-X project is conducted under the aegis of the DLR Space Flight Management and comprises a space and a ground segment. The space segment is designed and built by ASTRIUM GmbH, the ground segment is set up by several institutions of DLR, namely the German Remote Sensing Data Center, the Remote Sensing Technology Institute, the German Space Operations Center and the Microwaves and Radar Institute.

Keywords

geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; ASTRIUM GmbH; DLR Space Flight Management; German Remote Sensing Data Center; German Space Operations Center; Microwaves Institute; Radar Institute; Remote Sensing Technology Institute; aegis; ground segment; operational space borne X-Band SAR system; remote sensing products; space segment; terraSAR-X satellite project; Earth; Instruments; Payloads; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sensor arrays; Space missions; Space technology; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294694

Filename

1294694