The TerraSAR-X mission and system design

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 606-614

  Werninghaus, Rolf ^a   Buckreuss, Stefan ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ground segment; Radar; Satellite; Scientific and commercial exploitation; System design; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION; GROUND SEGMENTS; RADAR SATELLITES; SYSTEM DESIGN; TERRASAR-X;

DESIGN; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; RADAR;

SATELLITES;

DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SATELLITE MISSION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 76249104171     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2009.2031062     Document Type: Article

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