NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TanDEM-X

Launch Time
Mon Jun 21, 2010 02:14 UTC

Last flight of Dnepr from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

Rocket

Dnepr
Image Credit: Yuzhnoye
Kosmotras
Status: Retired
Price: $29.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 4,166 kN
Payload to LEO: 4,500 kg
Payload to GTO: 500 kg
Stages: 3
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 34.3 m
Fairing Diameter: 3.0 m
Fairing Height: 7.45 m

Mission Details

TanDEM-X

TerraSAR-X is a 1 meter resolution class radar satellite, which delivers Earth observation data for scientific, institutional and commercial users.

TerraSAR-X is the first satellite implemented in a Public/Private Partnership in Germany, as EADS Astrium GmbH and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) share the costs for construction and implementation of the satellite.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,250.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2010

32nd orbital launch attempt

Dnepr

16th mission
3rd mission of 2010
15th successful mission
9th consecutive successful mission