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TanDEM-X - A New High Resolution Interferometric SAR Mission

TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) opens a new era in spaceborne radar remote sensing. The first bistatic SAR mission, is formed by adding a second, almost identical spacecraft, to TerraSAR-X and flying the two satellites in a closely controlled formation with typical distances between 250 and 500 m. Primary mission objective is the generation of a consistent global digital elevation model with an unprecedented accuracy according to the HRTI-3 specifications. Beyond that, TanDEM-X provides a highly reconfigurable platform for the demonstration of new SAR techniques and applications. The mission has been approved for full implementation by the German Space Agency and TanDEM-X is launched on June 21, 2010.

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TerraSAR-X Brochure (9.06 MB)

TanDEM-X Brochure (8.05 MB)

Tandem-L Brochure - in German (2.98 MB)

TanDEM-X Presentations

IGARSS 2010 - Hajnsek - TanDEM-X Scientific Contributions (2.03 MB)

IGARSS 2010 - Schwerdt - Monostatic Calibration of both TanDEM-X Satellites (2.61 MB)

IGARSS 2010 - Breit - Processing of Bistatic TanDEM-X Data (21.53 MB)

IGARSS 2010 - Huber - Validation of Tie-point Concepts by the DEM Adjustment Approach of TanDEM-X (0.41 MB)

IGARSS 2009 - Hajnsek - TanDEM-X: Science Activities and Proposal Submission (1.9 MB)

TGRS 2007 - Krieger - TanDEM-X: A Satellite Formation for High-Resolution SAR Interferometry (1.98 MB)

RADAR 10/2004 - Moreira - A Tandem TerraSAR-X Configuration for Single Pass Interferometry, HiRes (16.76 MB)

- as above but in low resolution - (1.88 MB)

IGARSS 09/2004 - Moreira - TanDEM-X: A TerraSAR-X Add-On Satellite for Single-Pass SAR Interferometry (1 MB)

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