Earth Observation
TERRASAR-X
OperationalEarth ObservationLEO
Images and senses the Earth's surface for mapping, agriculture, defense or science.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 15, 2007 at 02:14 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Dnepr 1 →
- Operator
- ISC Kosmotras
- Mission
- TerraSAR-X
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 509 km
- Periapsis
- 507 km
- Inclination
- 97.45°
- Orbital period
- 94.79 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- German Aerospace Center (DLR)/Infoterra
- Manufacturer
- EADS Astrium
- Users
- Government/Commercial
- Launch mass
- 1,230 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Radar Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2007-026A
- NORAD catalog №
- 31698
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Germany- Radar cross-section
- 2.2673 m²
- Status
- Operational