NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

TerraSAR-X

Launch Time
Fri Jun 15, 2007 02:14 UTC

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

TerraSAR-X

TerraSAR-X is a German satellite built by EADS Astrium on behalf of DLR. It is equipped with a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) capable of taking images of the Earth with a maximum resolution of 1m. The pictures will be marketed by a specific company: InfoTerra-GmbH.

The satellite has a launch mass of 1346kg. Because of its large size, the KB Youzhnoïe had to develop a larger than usual fairing.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,346.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

Site 109/95, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Stats

2007

28th orbital launch attempt

Dnepr

9th mission
2nd mission of 2007
8th successful mission
2nd consecutive successful mission