TerraSAR-X is able to produce image data with a resolution of down to one metre. By 2013, TerraSAR-X will have mapped the complete surface of the Earth alongside its twin satellite TanDEM-X. Here you will find some of the most spectacular images obtained with this satellite.
TerraSAR-X records new high-quality X-band radar images of the entire planet - independently of weather conditions, cloud cover or daylight.
Even before TanDEM-X joins TerraSAR-X, there will be plenty of tense and exciting moments. This mission blog is coming to you from the launch site in Baikonur, and the Mission Control Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany.
The instruments on Germany's hyperspectral Earth observation satellite, EnMAP, will observe the sunlight reflected back from Earth across a range of wavelengths from the visible to the near-infrared. This will make it possible to accurately study the condition of Earth's surface, and the changes affecting it.
How has our ozone layer changed in the last 10 years? How do trace gases like nitrous oxides, carbon dioxide and methane influence our climate? How do environmental protection measures work? These were the questions that German researchers sought to address.
After a year in service, the German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X, together with its twin satellite, TerraSAR-X, have completely mapped the entire land surface of Earth for the first time. The data is being used to create the world's first single-source, high-precision, 3D digital elevation model of Earth.
Viewed from above, the US 'Burning Man' festival resembles a spider web. In October and September 2011, the TerraSAR-X radar satellite, operated by DLR, acquired some impressive images of the festival and its setup process.