TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X full archive and tasking

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Project Proposal (Restrained)

Go to the ESA User Services Portal
Register or log in to EO Sign In - Users are recommended to provide their institutional email address when registering a new account
After logging in, complete and submit the form with your proposed use of the data
The proposal will be evaluated by ESA, which normally takes between 4 and 6 weeks
Upon successful evaluation, you will receive a confirmation email, which describes the amount of data to be provided, and details of how to order the data

The collection is open for research and application development projects, exclusively for non-commercial and non-operational activities and for civil Earth observation research applications only. Access to the data requires submission of a Project Proposal, which is subject to evaluation and acceptance by ESA and the data owner.

ESA will support as many high-quality and innovative projects as possible within the quota limit available, therefore only a limited amount of products can be allowed to each project.

Learn more about the quota limit and see a comparison with other missions in our FAQ: How much data may I request in a Project Proposal?

The products are available as part of the Airbus provision from TerraSAR-X and Tandem-X missions with worldwide coverage: the TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X Catalogue can be accessed to discover and check the basic product data readiness.

All details about data provision and availability, data access conditions, usage restrictions and the quota assignment procedure are described in the Terms of Applicability document available in the Resources section.

If you need help with the proposal form, consult this guide on how to access data requiring a project proposal

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Should you need support to prepare your proposal or access the data, please contact EOHelp

Available to Residents of the Following Countries

ESA Member States and ESA Cooperating/Associate States , Canada and Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Côte d'Ivoire, Eswatini, United Republic of Tanzania

Collection Description

TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X full archive and new tasking products can be acquired in six image modes with flexible resolutions (from 0.25 m to 40 m) and scene sizes and are provided in different packages:

Staring SpotLight (basic, Interferometric pack, and Maritime pack)
High Resolution SpotLight (basic, Interferometric pack, and Maritime pack)
SpotLight (basic, Interferometric pack, and Maritime pack)
StripMap (basic, Interferometric pack, and Maritime pack)
ScanSAR (basic and Maritime pack)
Wide ScanSAR (basic and Maritime pack)

*Product Overview*
Products	SAR-ST	SAR-HS	SAR-SL	SAR-SM	SAR-SC	SAR-WS
Instrument mode	Staring Spotlight	High Resolution SpotLight	SpotLight	StripMap	ScanSAR	Wide ScanSAR
Available resolutions (up to)	0.25 m	1 m	2 m	3 m	18 m	40 m
Scene size	4x3.7 km2	10x5 km2	10x10 km2	30x50 km2 (up to 30x1650)	100x150 km2 (up to 100x1650)	270x200 km2 (up to 270x1500)
Available processing levels	SSC (Single Look Slant Range Complex): azimuth - slant range (time domain) MGD (Multi Look Ground Range Detected): azimuth - ground range (without terrain correction) GEC (Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected): map geometry with ellipsoidal corrections only (no terrain correction performed) EEC (Enhanced Ellipsoid Corrected): map geometry with terrain correction, using a DEM
Format	SSC: DLR-defined COSAR binary MGD: GeoTiff GEC: GeoTiff EEC: GeoTiff
Spatial coverage	Worldwide
Interferometry package	InSAR-ST, InSAR-HS, InSAR-SL, InSAR-SM Only SSC At least five ordered scenes within six months from first order				N/A	N/A
Maritime Monitoring package	MmSAR-ST, MmSAR-HS, MmSAR-SL, MmSAR-SM, MmSAR-SC, MmSAR-WS Only SSC, MGD, GEC At least 75% of the scene area is water More than five ordered scenes in three months

The following WorldDEM products can be requested:

Products	Description
WorldDEM_core	WorldDEM_core is output of interferometric processing of StripMap data pairs without any post-processing
WorldDEM^TM	WorldDEM^TM is produced based on WorldDEM_core, representing the surface of the Earth (including buildings, infrastructure and vegetation). Hydrological consistency is ensured
WorldDEM DTM	In additional editing steps, WorldDEM^TMis transformed into a Digital Terrain Model (DTM) representing bare Earth elevation
WorldDEM Bundle	Includes WorldDEM^TM, WorldDEM DTM, and Quality Layers

The main specifications of the WorldDEM products are:

Horizontal Coordinate Reference System: World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84-G1150)
Vertical Coordinate Reference System: Earth Gravitational Model 2008 (EGM2008)
Absolute Horizontal Accuracy: <6 m
Vertical Accuracy: 2 m Relative, 4 m Absolute
Quality Layers (including water body mask) can be requested as an option with the WorldDEM and WorldDEM DTM
Auxiliary Layers are delivered together with the WorldDEMcore product

As per ESA policy, very high-resolution data over conflict areas cannot be provided.

Technical Details

DATA SET SPECIFICATIONS

Spatial coverage:

90.00 N, 90.00 S, 180.00 W, 180.00 E

Temporal coverage:

2007-11-19T00:00:00.000Z - present

Date of launch:

2007-06-15, 2010-06-21

Operators:

DLR

Mission status:

onGoing

Orbit height:

514 km

Orbit type:

Sun-synchronous

Swath width:

5-10 km x 10 km for SpotLight, 30 km for StripMap, 100 km for ScanSAR

Resolution:

Very High Resolution - VHR (0 - 5m), High Resolution - HR (5 - 20 m), Medium Resolution - MR (20 - 500 m)

Wavelengths:

X-Band (2.8 - 5.2 cm)

PROCESSING LEVEL

level 1, multiple

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