TanDEM-X

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

02:14:08

Monday June 21, 2010

Mission Details

Launch Notes

Last flight of Dnepr from the Baikonur cosmodrome.

TanDEM-X

Wiki

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.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,250 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Dnepr

Active 1999 to 2015

Yuzhnoye logo

Manufacturer

Yuzhnoye

Price

$29.00 million

Rocket

Height: 34.3m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 4,500 kg

GTO: 500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

4,166 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3m

Height: 7.45m

Stages

3

Launch Site

Site 109/95

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

58 days 19 hours

Stats

Dnepr


16th

Mission

3rd

Mission of 2010

2010


32nd

Orbital launch attempt