TERRASAR-X is a German (DLR) Synthetic Aperture Radar that was launched by a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur at 02:14 UT on 2007 June 15. It will map the Earth and oceans at a rate of one million square-km/day, provide scientific data such as sea ice coverage, vegetation/crop estimates, and military reconnaissance information, all at 1.0-m resolution.

The initial orbital parameters were period 95 min, apogee 510 km, perigee 507 km, and inclination 97.5 deg.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2007-06-15
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan