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Satellite:
TanDEM-X
Satellite details
Acronym
TanDEM-X
Full name
TerraSAR-X Add-oN for Digital Elevation Measurement
Satellite Description
2nd flight unit of the TerraSAR programme.
Main mission: all-weather land observation, including surveillance and emergency management. Specific for Digital Elevation Model (DEM) by interferometry with TerraSAR-X.
Significant contribution to temperature/humidity sounding.
Mass at launch
1340 kg
Dry mass
1220 kg
Power
730 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data distributed by Astrium/Infoterra.
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
515 km
ECT
06:00 desc
Space agency
DLR
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
21 Jun 2010
EOL
≥2026
Last update:
2021-01-16
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
TanDEM-X
Acronym
Full name
SAR-X
Synthetic Aperture Radar (X-band)
TOR
Tracking, Occultation and Ranging
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
TanDEM-X
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
SAR-X
active
9650 - 9650 MHz
N/R kHz
-
A
X-band SAR