Title :
TanDEM-X commissioning phase status
Author :
Gonzalez, Jaime Hueso ; Bachmann, Markus ; Hofmann, Harald
Author_Institution :
German Aerosp. Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Abstract :
After the recent launch of the TanDEM-X satellite, the twin of TerraSAR-X, its demanding commissioning phase has started. On the one hand, it has to ensure the same monostatic operation performance as TerraSAR-X. On the other hand, the bistatic aspects have to be verified, which are essential for the acquisition of the global digital elevation model (DEM). This has to be done in a limited time period in order to keep the required nominal operation duration. This paper shows the summary of the commissioning phase activities and its running status.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; commissioning; data acquisition; digital elevation models; remote sensing; TanDEM-X satellite; TerraSAR-X twin; data acquisition; global digital elevation model; monostatic operation performance; nominal operation duration; satellite commissioning phase status; Accuracy; Calibration; Instruments; Orbits; Satellites; Synchronization; Synthetic aperture radar; TanDEM-X; TerraSAR-X; bistatic SAR; commissioning phase; formation flying;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649347
