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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - TanDEM-X -
Full Name TerraSAR-X Add-on for Digital Elevation Measurements Status Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies DLR Launch Date 21 Jun 2010
Mission Links mission site EOL Date Dec 2026
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 36605 (TLE)
International Designator 2010-030A
Orbit Type Sun-synchronous Orbit Period 94.85 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 97.4 deg
Orbit Altitude 514 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST 18:00 Repeat Cycle 11 days
Objectives and Applications Cartography, land surface, civil planning and mapping, digital terrain models, environmental monitoring.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance X-Band SAR
Landscape topography X-Band SAR
Vegetation X-Band SAR
Multi-purpose imagery (land) X-Band SAR
OceanOcean topography/currents X-Band SAR
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) X-Band SAR
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth X-Band SAR
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness X-Band SAR
Mission Instruments
TOR - Tracking, Occultation and Ranging
X-Band SAR - X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
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TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X are twin German SAR satellites created and operated in a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the German Aerospace Centre DLR and Airbus Defence and Space. The scientific objective of the missions is to make multi-mode and high-resolution X-band radar data available for a wide spectrum of applications in fields such as hydrology, geology, climatology, oceanography, and disaster monitoring. ESA offers access to worldwide TerraSAR-X/Tandem-X data (both archived and new acquisitions) and WorldDEM products via the TPM scheme. Read more

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