TerraSAR-X
Agency/ Country: DLR, EADS, Infoterra / (Germany)
Link: http://www.infoterra.de/terrasar-x.html ; http://www.dlr.de/tsx/start_en.htm ; http://www.astrium.eads.net/en/families/satellite-navigation-sensing-gps-meteorology/remote-sensing/terrasar-x?set_language=en
Name of Sensor: SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar - Data from Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR) are particularly suitable for commercial exploration. The Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR) instruments supply extremely detailed radar images.
Spectral Band:
Revisit time: 2,5 - 11 days
Resolution: 1 - 16 m
Swath width (across track):
Field of Application: Sectors include environmental planning, land use and natural resource exploration, regional and urban development, catastrophe response and relief (flood, cyclone), insurance and risk, security and defence. Offers commercial imagery.
Contact details:
| Commercial Client Services: | Government Client Services: | |
| Name: | Infoterra GmbH - Head Offices | DLR TerraSAR-X Scientific Coordination |
| Street: | Claude-Dornier-Strasse - EADS "Werk 2" | Münchner Str. 20 - Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum |
| City, Post code: | Immenstaad, D-88090 | Wessling, D-82234 |
| Country: | Germany | Germany |
| Phone: | +49 7545 8 9905 | - |
| Fax: | +49 7545 8 1337 | - |
| E-Mail: | - | tsx.science [at] dlr.de |
Further information:
http://www.space-risks.com/SpaceData/index.php?id_page=8&Satellite_Name=TERRASAR-X
http://ilrs.gsfc.nasa.gov/satellite_missions/list_of_satellites/tsar_general.html