Infoterra’s Direct Access Services enable selected partners and customers around the globe to receive TerraSAR-X data directly at their own ground station.

Basic steps towards the implementation of such a service are

• a thorough feasibility study;
• a technical evaluation including a site survey of existing ground station facilities;
• an identification of the most appropriate type of partnership
  - Direct Access Partner (DAP)
  - Direct Access Customer (DAC);
• the installation of a Direct Access Station (DAS) and/or a Direct Access Terminal (DAT) at the DAP/DACs premises.

Following formal agreement and technical installations, the DAP/DAC can

• plan and order acquisitions via a secure web-based ordering tool;
• receive these acquisitions at the own ground station during the pass of the satellite following the acquisition;
• individually process or distribute the received image data (according DAP/DAC agreement).

Direct Access Services are provided by Infoterra GmbH exclusively.