German Remote Sensing Data Center
The German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) is an institute of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with locations in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich and Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Together with the Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF), the DFD forms the Earth Observation Center (EOC)—Germany’s competence center for Earth observation.
The DFD supports science, industry, and the public alike. Through its national and international ground stations, it provides direct access to data from national and international Earth observation satellites, processes the data into information products, distributes them to users, and archives them long-term in the German Satellite Data Archive (D-SDA).
Through geoscientific research in areas such as atmospheric science, climate change, land surface dynamics, georisks, and civil security, the DFD enables access to remote sensing products and solutions, thereby strengthening their use in scientific and commercial contexts. In the spirit of knowledge exchange and technology transfer, the DFD also develops tailored applications for public authorities.