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Team: Data Acquisition and Reception Systems

The group Data Acquisition and Reception Systems team is primarily responsible for the following tasks:

• Operation of international ground stations
• Coordination and surveillance of the station network
• Adaptation of hardware and software towards for satellite missions
• Planning of reception capacity
• Transfer of data to various archives
• Reporting to satellite operating companies
• Diagnosis and maintenance of stations
  

A network of stationary and mobile receiving antennas has been established for the acquisition of data from numerous earth observation missions. Data from various optical and radar sensors with different resolutions can be recorded either systematically or on demand. At present, reception of data from the following satellites is realized at the various sites in the DFD network:

• Oberpfaffenhofen
  • MSG, NOAA, TERRA, AQUA
  • IKONOS
• O’Higgins (Antarctica)
  • ERS-2, TerraSAR
• Recife (Brazil)
  • NOAA
• Chetumal (Mexico)
  • ERS-2, LS-5, TERRA, TerraSAR, TandemX
• Ny-Alesund (Svalbard)
  • Champ, Grace
• Inuvik Canada 
  • TerraSAR, TandemX