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TanDEM-X
Earth observation satellite. TanDEM-X was launched on June 21, 2010 aboard a Dnepr from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2010-030ANORAD 36605Germany
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Tandem-X
- Common name
- TanDEM-X
- Payload designation
- TDX
- International designator
- 2010-030A
- NORAD catalog number
- 36605
- GCAT identifier
- S36605
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/608
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Civil government / Commercial
- Program
- TerraSAR
- Owner
- DLR
- Country
- Germany
- Builder
- EADS Astrium Satellites (D), Friedrichsafen
- Platform (bus)
- TerraSAR
Launch
- Date
- June 21, 2010 · 02:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2010-030Success
- Rocket
- Dnepr
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC109/95
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 497 km
- Apogee
- 510 km
- Inclination
- 97.45°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 1,341 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,221 kg
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 5.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q565632 (CC0).