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TerraSAR-X TOR International Laser Ranging Service - General Assembly, October 2005 Eastbourne, UK GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) Department 1 : Geodesy and Remote Sensing Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam The upcoming TerraSAR-X Mission L. Grunwaldt, R. Schmidt, D. König, R. König, F.-H. Massmann
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TerraSAR-X TOR International Laser Ranging Service - General Assembly, October 2005 Eastbourne, UK Coming soon: TerraSAR-X TerraSAR-X is the first German long-duration synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mission Launch: mid 2006 from Baikonur cosmodrome Orbit: sun-synchronous, circular dusk-dawn orbit at appr. 514 km altitude, 97.44° inclination Science objectives for X-band SAR: Landslide, rock fall and urban subsidence Ice sheet dynamics High-resolution Digital Terrain Models (DTM) for surface water availability modeling Seismic loading cycle studies Science objectives for X-band SAR: Landslide, rock fall and urban subsidence Ice sheet dynamics High-resolution Digital Terrain Models (DTM) for surface water availability modeling Seismic loading cycle studies GFZ / CSR secondary payload: TOR (Tracking, Occultation and Ranging) Precise dual-frequency GPS receiver with POD and radio occultation capability CHAMP type LRR array for external calibration / validation of GPS orbits (GFZ Potsdam will deliver predictions) GFZ / CSR secondary payload: TOR (Tracking, Occultation and Ranging) Precise dual-frequency GPS receiver with POD and radio occultation capability CHAMP type LRR array for external calibration / validation of GPS orbits (GFZ Potsdam will deliver predictions) SLR Coordinator: R. König, Technical Contact: L. Grunwaldt, Project Responsible: Ch. Reigber SLR Tracking Request to ILRS in preparation SLR Coordinator: R. König, Technical Contact: L. Grunwaldt, Project Responsible: Ch. Reigber SLR Tracking Request to ILRS in preparation
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TerraSAR-X TOR International Laser Ranging Service - General Assembly, October 2005 Eastbourne, UK S/C Body (~5 m long) GPS POD antennas LRR array during vibration test TerraSAR-X Manufacturing Two-spot far field for velocity aberration correction
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