The German radar satellite TerraSAR-X celebrates its 15th anniversary in space on 15 June 2022. TerraSAR-X allows researchers worldwide to document and better understand the changes on our planet.

On 13 March 2008, the International Space Station (ISS) passed across the field-of-view of Germany’s remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometres (122 miles) and at a relative ...

The crater of the Chilean volcano Puyehue displays a striking, circular outline in this image from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TerraSAR-X satellite – ...

The German radar satellite, TerraSAR-X, went into operation on 7 January 2008. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Infoterra GmbH, the company responsible for commercial marketing, decided on this ...

Launch of TerraSAR-X, the first civil 1-meter resolution radar imaging satellite to be commercially available, has been rescheduled to Oct. 31. The Dnepr launch had been set for June. In addition to ...

The German satellite duo TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X have consistently delivered one-of-a-kind Earth observation data since 2007 and 2010, hence shaping the international research landscape. Now, ...

No audio available for this content. Airbus Defence and Space and Hisdesat Servicios Estratégicos S.A. have generated the first joint TerraSAR-X/PAZ radar interferogram. This milestone demonstrates ...

Astrium affiliate Infoterra has formed a joint venture with Spanish satcom operator Hisdesat and the Cartographic Institute of Catalonia (ICC) to distribute high-resolution radar imagery from ...

Germany's next-generation TerraSAR-X uses sophisticated ground infrastructure to deliver Earth observation data to scientists and commercial customers. Open-source software developed at ESA's ...

As radar satellites reach ever higher resolutions, they are exciting both scientists and the military. Can they make money too? Quirin Schiermeier reports. You have full access to this article via ...