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DLR’s Neustrelitz site
The Neustrelitz site of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is approximately 100km north of Berlin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and is the workplace of about 60 scientists, engineers and clerical staff. The R&D work carried out on-site covers themes such as surveillance of the earth by satellite, and navigation; a profile which aligns the site with others in the GMES and GALILEO European research programmes. |
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Site Neustrelitz  German Aerospace Center
Kalkhorstweg 53
17235 Neustrelitz
Phone: +49 3981 480-116
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Neustrelitz - News
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TerraSAR-X Image of the month: Ship identification in the Kiel Fjord and the Baltic Sea
22 July 2009
This image – from the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite - shows the city of Kiel and the Kiel Fjord, an approximately 17-km long fjord or firth of the Baltic Sea on the northeastern shore of Schleswig-Holstein. The ships that were in this area at the time the image was captured are each marked with a circle. The high resolution of TerraSAR-X images makes them ideally suitable for the rapid identification of ships. The image was taken on 18 June 2009. It was acquired in stripmap mode with a resolution of three metres. |
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A clear view even in the dark and in fog – traffic information via radar satellite
4 March 2008
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) has begun several months of tests into the feasibility of obtaining traffic information via satellite. The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X is going to monitor selected sections of motorway in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and California. The aim of this project is to develop a procedure for large-scale traffic data capture, independent of ground systems, that permits data relay to various traffic information providers. |
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TerraSAR-X goes into operation
9 January 2008
The German radar satellite, TerraSAR-X, went into operation on 7 January 2008 . The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Infoterra GmbH, the company responsible for commercial marketing, decided on this date following the successful outcome of the operational readiness review in December. |
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