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Satellite Programme:
TerraSAR
Programme details
Programme description
Series of 4 satellites for all-weather land observation.
German programme: DLR responsible of development and operations.
The platforms are actively stabilised over 3 axes.
The design life time is 5 years.
The satellites exploit the dawn-dusk orbit at 6:00.
The replacement policy is based on launching satellites in sequence, roughly 6 months before the expected end-of-life of a satellite.
See detailed descriptions at: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10377/565_read-436/ .
Data circulation
The data and transmitted to the main receiving station in Neustrelitz and other ones in Okinawa, Ramstein, Miami, Hawai and (after onboard storage) Svalbard.
Data are processed in a Payload Ground Segment (PGS) and distributed by Astrium/Infoterra, a part of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company).
Agencies
DLR
Programme lifetime
2007 - 2036
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .