BackForward Satellite: TerraSAR-Fox 

Satellite details
Acronym TerraSAR-Fox
Full name TerraSAR-Follow-On X-band Mission
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 2nd flight unit of the TerraSAR programme.
  • Main mission: all-weather land observation, including surveillance and emergency management.
  • Significant contribution to temperature/humidity sounding.
Mass at launch Dry mass
Power
Data access link https://cdaac-www.cosmic.ucar.edu/cdaac/products.html
Data access information
  • Data distributed by Astrium/Infoterra.
  • Near real-time data provided by UCAR
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 515 km
ECT 06:00 desc

 

Space agency DLR
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch TBD EOL TBD
Last update: 2026-10-19
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 TerraSAR-Fox

Acronym Full name
TOR Tracking, Occultation and Ranging
SAR-X Synthetic Aperture Radar (X-band) for TerraSAR-FoX
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
SAR-X (FoX) active 9.8 GHz 1200 MHz - X-band SAR
Frequencies for scientific data acquisition and communication services at ground stations
Service Direction Frequency (MHz) Bandwidth (kHz) Polarisation D/A Data rate (kbps) or Baseband (kHz) Comments
SAR-X S-E 8025 MHz - 8400 MHz - D   Raw data download