TerraSAR-X

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

02:14:06

Friday June 15, 2007

Mission Details

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.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,346 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Dnepr

Active 1999 to 2015

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

Site 109/95

Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Fastest Turnaround

58 days 19 hours

Stats

Dnepr

9th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2007

2007

28th

Orbital launch attempt