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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/
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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 - 2040
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational , blue tag => planned
TerraSAR
HRWS-SAR
(2029-2036)
HRWS-SAR
TanDEM-X
(2010-2026)
SAR-X
TOR
Tandem-L
(2028-2040)
L-SAR
TerraSAR-X
(2007-2024)
SAR-X
TOR