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In 2012, Hisdes- By coordinating private missions, The
TERRASAR-X/PAZ at entered into an creation of this constellation caters for
agreement with growing industry demand for Earth ob-
RADAR SATELLITE Airbus Defence and servation based on radar technology,

Space (formerly thereby bringing products to the market
CONSTELLATION
ANNU AL REPOR T 2 016 dar satellites, by coordinating the resour- ces for new ones.
Astrium GEO) for
that fully meet the expectations of exis-
the creation of a
ting applications and also provide servi-
constellation of ra-
The satellites will use the same orbit and
ces that PAZ, TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X
will have identical scan width and imaging
make available to clients. Some of the ad-
modes, making them completely inter-
vantages of this constellation are:
changeable for the end user. Coordina-
Significantly reduced revisit time (to
—
tion between the ground segments and
interferometric processes and appli-
stations (DAS) will allow users to receive
cations with strict time requirements
• between 4 and 7 days), important for their interconnection with direct access
and process data interchangeably from
— Improved capacity for surveillance the three satellites and obtain equivalent
HISDE S AT — applications and map generation final products.

A simplified client request process via
This new constellation will provide bene-
fits for numerous activities that require
a single portal and a single catalogue

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