CSDA Vendor - Airbus U.S.
NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program has acquired commercial datasets from Airbus U.S. for scientific purposes.
Airbus Defense and Space GEO Inc (Airbus U.S.) provides a comprehensive catalog of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation products from their TerraSAR-X, TanDEM-X, and PAZ X-band radar satellites. The data offer high temporal and spatial resolution, and precise elevation information for nearly any point on Earth, independent of cloud cover and weather. The products have potential applications to various Earth science investigations, including monitoring drift ice in the absence of daylight, detecting surface movement in oil and gas fields, and identifying objects in remote areas. For specifications on the individual Airbus SAR instruments, please see the Airbus Commercial Data listing at the bottom of this page.
Authorized Data Use and Users
All members of the U.S. Government have access to Airbus data. All data requests must be approved by NASA's Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program.
End User License Agreement
Obtaining Data
- To request access to CSDA-distributed data, complete the CSDA Authorization form. The CSDA team will verify if the user is authorized for data access. Once verified, the user will be notified
- Search for Airbus data using the CSDA Satellite Data Explorer (SDX)
- Download direct from the SDX (Earthdata Login required) or use the Bulk Download Tool
Copyright
Data products and derivatives for imagery must contain the following copyright markings (YYYY is the year of the image acquisition):
- For data products: “© Airbus Defense and Space GEO Inc U.S. YYYY. All rights reserved.”
- For derivatives: “Includes copyrighted material of Airbus Defense and Space GEO Inc U.S. All rights reserved.”
- A joint copyright notice may be used as appropriate
Authorized users should send Airbus a courtesy copy of any publications that include Airbus data.
CSDA Acknowledgment
To help CSDA identify your publications, we request that you include the following acknowledgment when publishing work created using these data:
"This work utilized data made available through the NASA Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program."
Evaluation
The Airbus U.S. SAR data evaluation is complete and the data acquired during the evaluation are in the Satellite Data Explorer tool (SDX). The completed Airbus U.S. SAR Evaluation Report and the Quality Assessment Summary are available for review.
Airbus Commercial data
Constellation Details
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Launched | 2007 TerraSAR-X 2010 TanDEM-X 2018 PAZ |
| Orbit | Sun synchronous |
| Radar revisit frequency | One to two times daily, for any location on Earth |
| Interferometry repeat-cycle | Every 4, 7 and 11 days, for any location on Earth |
| Polarization | Single, dual - depending on imaging mode quad-pol is available as an advanced polarization mode for dedicated acquisition campaigns |
Basic Imaging Modes
| Acquisition Mode | Scene Size (Width x Length) | Resolution |
|---|---|---|
| Staring SpotLight (ST) | 4 x 3.7 km2 | up to 0.25m |
| High-Resolution SpotLight (HS) | up to 10 x 5 km2 | up to 1m |
| SpotLight (SL) | 10 x 10 km2 | up to 2m |
| StripMap (SM) | 30 x 50 km2 | up to 3m |
| ScanSAR (SC) | 100 x 150 km2 | up to 18.5m |
| Wide ScanSAR (WSC) | up to 270 x 200 km2 | up to 40m |