TanDem-X

 2010-030A

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Duplicate of TerraSar-X. Mass 1341 kg full 1221 dry, Astrobus platform. Infoterra, an Astrium subsid, will market the data.

T-X
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2010 Jun 21	0214:08	Launch by Dnepr	KB LC109
		T+4:38 St 2 sep from upper stage
		T+4:42 Fairing sep
		Stage 3 shutdown
	0229:33	T+15:25 Stage 3 sep
2010 Sep		20 km behind TerraSAR-X
2010 Oct 15		Rendevous with TerraSAR-X at 350m
		Co-orbit with TerraSAR-X
2013 Aug 6		Begin orientation swap with TSX

Payload:

• TDX-SAR X-band SAR

• Spotlight mode, 1m res, 5 x 10 km

• Strip map mode, 30 km swath, 3 m res

• Scan mode, 100 km swath, 16m res.

• Propulsion module

• LCT Tesat Laser data relay terminal (EADS/DLR)

• TOR (Tracking Occultation, and Ranging Instrument Package); GPS receiver, laser reflector; GFZ/UoTx