Breit, Helko and Fritz, Thomas and Schättler, Birgit and Balss, Ulrich and Damerow, Heiko and Schwarz, Egbert (2008) TerraSAR-X SAR Payload Data Processing: Results from Commissioning and Early Operational Phase. In: Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), pp. 1-4. VDE Verlag GmbH, Berlin, Offenburg. European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR), 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05, Friedrichshafen, Germany. ISBN 3-8007-3084-1.
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TerraSAR-X, the first national German radar satellite, was launched in June 2007. It carries an X-band highresolution synthetic aperture radar instrument featuring the operational imaging modes Stripmap, ScanSAR and, particularly, Spotlight in a variety of different polarization modes. The TerraSAR-X mission completed its commissioning phase in December 2007 and started the provision of high-resolution products from advanced SAR modes for both the scientific and commercial user community from January 2008 on. The payload ground segment (PGS) is responsible for the reception of the SAR payload data, their archiving and processing and the distribution of the generated SAR basic products to users. From the first mission day on, PGS was operated successfully using both its request workflow starting with the input of user orders and ending with the delivery of the generated product and its operational SAR data workflow for the reception and processing of the SAR payload data. The central part of PGS is the TerraSAR Multi-Mode SAR Processor (TMSP) focusing the SAR data in a unified way for the different imaging configurations. A wide range of processing options spanning from phase preserving complex products in slant range geometry to orthorectified terrain corrected intensity images lead to a comprehensive collection of SAR product types and variants. Together with instrument calibration, checkout and tuning of the SAR processor was one of the major tasks of the commissioning phase with respect to product verification and validation. This paper summarizes the key activities and exposes the achievements obtained with respect to focusing quality.
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Document Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech, Paper) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | TerraSAR-X SAR Payload Data Processing: Results from Commissioning and Early Operational Phase | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | June 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | |||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | VDE Verlag GmbH, Berlin, Offenburg | |||||||||||||||||||||
ISBN: | 3-8007-3084-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | SAR, TerraSAR-X, TMSP | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event Title: | European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event Location: | Friedrichshafen, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event Type: | international Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event Dates: | 2008-06-02 - 2008-06-05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Organizer: | VDE | |||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | |||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | |||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W EO - Erdbeobachtung | |||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | W - Projekt TerraSAR-X Nutzlastbodensegment (old) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Neustrelitz , Oberpfaffenhofen | |||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Remote Sensing Technology Institute > SAR Signal Processing German Remote Sensing Data Center > National Ground Segment | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Breit, Helko | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 14 Jan 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2019 19:23 |
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