TanDEM-X Quick Facts

Launch:	21 June 2010, 04:14:03 CEST
Launch site:	Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
Launcher:	Dnepr-1
Satellite mass:	1330 kilograms
Satellite dimensions:	Height: 5 metres Diameter: 2.4 metres
Power consumption:	730 watts (average)
Mission operation:	German Space Operations Center, Oberpfaffenhofen
Satellite command:	Weilheim ground station
Data reception:	Ground stations: - Inuvik, Canada - O'Higgins, Antarctic - Kiruna, Sweden
Satallite lifetime:	5.5 years (6.5 years for consumables)
Mission status	Operating nominally
Orbit altitude:	514 kilometres
Orbit inclination:	97.4 degrees
Ascending node / equatorial crossing time	15:00 ± 0.25h (local)
Orbit Repeat Cycle	11 days
Radar centre frequency:	9.65 gigahertz (X-band)
Polarizations	HH, VH, HV, VV
Nominal look direction	right
Range Bandwidth	150 MHz / 300 MHz