Infoterra GmbH has announced the successful launch of the German radar satellite TerraSAR-X on Friday, June 15th at 08.14 hrs local time (= 04.14 hrs CEST) from the Russian Cosmodrome in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
"It is now up to us to advance this mission", explains Joerg Herrmann, managing director of the subsidiary, that was founded in 2001 with the specific purpose of preparing and pursuing the commercial marketing of the TerraSAR-X data."
Infoterra has thoroughly prepared these marketing activities: A reliable global distribution network as well as a secure technical infrastructure for the data sales has been established. Further, even prior to the satellite’s launch, a small, yet distinguished customer base has already been engaged, while promising negotiations with numerous further clients are currently ongoing. Last but not least, a sound portfolio of radar-based geoinformation services has been pre-developed and is ready to be brought into the market.
Infoterra anticipates that the first preliminary datasets will be delivered in about three months, the full data quality and the satellite’s full operationality will be reached six months after launch.
