Title :
Status Report on the TerraSAR-X Mission
Author :
Buckreuss, S. ; Roth, A.
Author_Institution :
German Aerosp. Center (DLR) - Oberpfaffenhofen, Microwaves & Radar Inst., Wessling
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779007
