TerraSAR-X is a German imaging radar Earth observation satellite whose X-band synthetic aperture radar works by day or night and through cloud. It was launched on 15 June 2007 and entered operational service in January 2008, flying a Sun-synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of 514 kilometres and designed for a five year life. The mission is a public-private partnership between the German Aerospace Center, DLR, which owns and operates the satellite, and EADS Astrium, now part of Airbus Defence and Space, which built it at Friedrichshafen and held the exclusive commercial rights to the data through its subsidiary Infoterra. The radar images the ground in SpotLight, StripMap and ScanSAR modes with a resolution of up to one metre, and the satellite flies in close formation with its twin TanDEM-X, launched on 21 June 2010, to build a global digital elevation model.
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The TerraSAR X-band satellite, built by Airbus Defence and Space Geo-Intelligence/Infoterra GmbH (formerly EADS Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
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The TerraSAR X-band satellite, built by Airbus Defence and Space Geo-Intelligence/Infoterra GmbH (formerly EADS Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
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TerraSAR-X was launched on 15 June 2007 and has been in operational service since January 2008.
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TerraSAR-X is an imaging radar Earth observation satellite, a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium.
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TerraSAR-X was launched on 15 June 2007 and has been in operational service since January 2008.
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TerraSAR-X is an imaging radar Earth observation satellite, a joint venture being carried out under a public-private-partnership between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and EADS Astrium.
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The TerraSAR X-band satellite, built by Airbus Defence and Space Geo-Intelligence/Infoterra GmbH (formerly EADS Astrium GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Germany)
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