Team: Ground Stations

The Neustrelitz ground station (ca. 100 km north of Berlin) has been a part of DFD since 1992. Before German unification it was an important receiving station in the Eastern Europe INTERKOSMOS program.

Its activities include the reception of remote sensing data and a variety of science data, full TT&C services in cooperation with the German Space Operation Center GSOC, and the development of ground station components and interface assemblies.

A total of three antenna systems are available for operation in a multimission scenario (technical details are in the table below). One antenna is equipped for S-band transmission, with a second to follow.

The Neustrelitz station is ideally located for achieving maximal coverage of Europe.

Standort Neustrelitz, Deutschland

Latitude:	53° 19' 47" N
Longitude:	13° 04' 12" O
Elevation:	115 m above sea level
Operationel:	since Jan. 1992
Station management:	Holger Maass
Operating concept:	Operationelles Multimissions-System
Satellites:	TerraSAR-X, ERS 2, IRS-P5, IRS-P6, ENVISAT, CHAMP, GRACE, Terra, Aqua
Reflector diameter:	7.3 m
Reception band:	L/S/X-bands
Mounting:	El/Az +7° antenna tilt angle
System-noise temperature:	13.5 dB/K (L) 17 dB/K (S) 31.5 dB/K (X)
Tracking:	Autotrack und program track
Time reference:	GPS, IRIG-A/B
Reporting:	DIR1000, direct archive systems from various suppliers
Processing:	D-PAF, DFD