Status Report on the TerraSAR-X Mission

Author

Buckreuss, S. ; Roth, A.

Author_Institution

German Aerosp. Center (DLR) - Oberpfaffenhofen, Microwaves & Radar Inst., Wessling

Volume

2

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

TerraSAR-X is Germany´s first national remote sensing satellite being implemented in a public-private partner-ship between the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and EADS Astrium GmbH. TerraSAR-X was launched on June 15th, 2007 and will supply high-quality radar data for purposes of scientific observation of the Earth for a period of at least five years. At the same time it is designed to satisfy the steadily growing demand of the private sector for remote sensing data in the commercial market [1].

Keywords

geophysical techniques; remote sensing by radar; AD 2007 06 15; EADS Astrium GmbH; Earth scientific observation; German Aerospace Centre; Germany; TerraSAR-X mission status; high-quality radar data; national remote sensing satellite; satellite launch; Calibration; Design for disassembly; Image segmentation; Instruments; Phased arrays; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; TerraSAR-X; commissioning phase; launch and early orbit phase; radar; satellite; system potential;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779007

Filename

4779007