The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X celebrates its 15th anniversary in space on 15 June 2022. TerraSAR-X allows researchers worldwide to document and better understand the changes on our planet.

The crater of the Chilean volcano Puyehue displays a striking, circular outline in this image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite – ...

TerraSAR-X, the German all-weather satellite project, enters its decisive phase. At the Friedrichshafen-based space company EADS Astrium, the final spurt for the development team has now begun with ...

No audio available for this content. Airbus Defence and Space and Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos S.A. have generated the first joint TerraSAR-X/PAZ radar interferogram. This milestone demonstrates ...

DLR: On 13 March 2008, the International Space Station (ISS) passed across the field-of-view of Germany’s remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometres (122 miles) and at a ...

Launch of TerraSAR-X, the first civil 1-meter resolution radar imaging satellite to be commercially available, has been rescheduled to Oct. 31. The Dnepr launch had been set for June. In addition to ...

The German satellite duo TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X have consistently delivered one-of-a-kind Earth observation data since 2007 and 2010, hence shaping the international research landscape. Now, ...

The successful launch of the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X on Friday 15 June 2007 at 08:14 local time (04:14 CEST [0214 UTC]) from the Russian Cosmodrome in Baikonur (Kazakhstan) represents the ...

Astrium affiliate Infoterra has formed a joint venture with Spanish satcom operator Hisdesat and the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC) to distribute high-resolution radar imagery from ...

Germany's next-generation TerraSAR-X uses sophisticated ground infrastructure to deliver Earth observation data to scientists and commercial customers. Open-source software developed at ESA's ...

As radar satellites reach ever higher resolutions, they are exciting both scientists and the military. Can they make money too? Quirin Schiermeier reports. You have full access to this article via ...

The TanDEM-X satellite has blasted into orbit on a mission to acquire the most precise 3D map of the Earth's surface. The German radar spacecraft will fly in formation with an identical platform ...