No JavaScript detected Usage of this Website
will be severly limited without JavaScript. Please enable
JavaScript in your Browser.
Satellite:
TerraSAR-X
Satellite details
Acronym
TerraSAR-X
Full name
TerraSAR-X
Satellite Description
1st 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
1230 kg
Dry mass
1152 kg
Power
800 W
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
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Launch
15 Jun 2007
EOL
≥2024
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
TerraSAR-X
Acronym
Full name
TOR
Tracking, Occultation and Ranging
SAR-X
Synthetic Aperture Radar (X-band)
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
TerraSAR-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