TerraSAR-X: Mission Support
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ILRS Mission Support Status:
Satellite laser ranging data will be used for precise orbit determination and validation and is complementary to the onboard TOR GPS. The ILRS Missions Working Group (MWG) has reviewed the TerraSAR-X Mission Support Request Form and recommended the satellite for ILRS support; the ILRS Governing Board has approved the request.
TerraSAR-X Mission Support Request:
Name: TerraSAR-X
Sponsor: German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Primary Technical Contact: Markus Rothacher for the TOR payload
Mailing Address: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
Dep. 1 Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany
Phone: 49-331-288-1100
Fax: 49-331-288-1111
Email: rothacher@gfz-potsdam.de
Alternate Tech Contact: Byron D. Tapley for the TOR payload
Mailing Address: University of Texas at Austin, Center for Space Research (CSR)
3925 W. Braker Lane, Ste. 200, Austin, TX 78759, USA
Fax: 49-331-288-1732
Email: tapley@csr.utexas.edu
Primary Science Contact: Markus Rothacher for the TOR payload
Alternate Science Contact: Byron D. Tapley for the TOR payload
Mission objectives: TerraSAR-X is an X-band SAR mission for scientific reasearch and applications, and for the establishment of a commercial EO market. It carries the experimental Tracking, Occultation and Ranging (TOR) package provided by GFZ and CSR. TOR consists of a two-frequency CHAMP type GPS receiver and a CHAMP Laser Retro-Reflector (LRR). The objectives of TOR are occultation measurements and POD for scientific occultation and SAR applications.
Mission role of SLR: SLR is complementary to onboard TOR GPS and is used for POD and validation.
Launch Date: October 31, 2006
Mission Duration: 5 years
Altitude: 514 km
Inclination: 98 deg
Eccentricity: 0
Tracking Schedule: SLR is complementary to onboard TOR GPS and is used for POD and validation.
Spatial Coverage: Global
Temporal Coverage: All times
Data Accuracy: Sub-cm where feasible
Mission Coordinator: Dr. Rolf Koenig,
Mailing Address: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
c/o DLR, D-82230 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Email: rolf.koenig@gfz-potsdam.de
Phone: 49-8153-28-1353
Fax: 49-8153-28-1585
Priority: Complementary to GPS
Data Source of pdictions: GFZ
Other Source of POD: onboard GPS from TOR
Analysis Center: GFZ and CSR for the TOR data
ILRS NP Time Span: 5 seconds
Station Tracking Requests: All stations
NP Delivery Time: Near real-time
Retro-reflector Array Information: 4 cube corner prism array, nadir facing
See CHAMP web site (http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/pb1/CHAMP/champ.htm)
for the moment, dedicated site in preparation
Array Techical Contact: Dr. Ludwig Grunwaldt, grun@gfz-potsdam.de
Phone: 49-331-288-1733
