News

TerraSAR-X/ TanDEM-X Satellite Formation delivers first datasets forDEM creation / Scientists at DLR publish first DEM examples

• Infoterra GmbH passes Operational Readiness Review

• Maximum Efficiency of TerraSAR-X Data Delivery for ESA's GMES Users

The German radar satellite TanDEM-X was successfully launched from Baikonur, Kazachstan, at 04.14 hrs CET on Monday, June 21, 2010. A first contact with a ground station in Troll was established at 04.45 hrs.

The TanDEM-X Launch Event at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) as well as the Launch itself, from Baikonur, Kazachstan, will be broadcasted live via internet on 21. June 2010.

German radar satellite ready for launch on 21 June: Final preparations - Astrium satellite "married" with launch vehicle in Baikonur

• Up-to-date regional Digital Surface Models worldwide

• Unique reliability and high precision thanks to radar sensor

TerraSAR-X quick looks are now delivered as additional colour composite images; accompanying .kml-files visualize these quick looks in Google Earth™ application

PPP partners announce successful completion of testing // Satellite's launch now scheduled for June 21, 2010 from Baikonur

Matthias Platzeck shows high interest in satellite remote sensing // more than 100 attendees at event organized by Infoterra

Dr. Vark Heinrich Helfritz (41) is now the sole Managing Director of the geo-information service provider Infoterra GmbH, Friedrichshafen (Germany).

EADS North America has received a five-year contract to provide commercial radar satellite data to the U.S. government’s National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) for use in intelligence, military and homeland security applications. The data will be provided by the geo-information service provider, Infoterra GmbH, an EADS Astrium subsidiary that holds the commercial exploitation rights for the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X.

Report on "Haiti Earthquake Surface Shift Estimation Using TerraSAR-X Data" published by DLR's Remote Sensing Technology Institute