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Infoterra GMBH Initiates Commercial Exploitation of Terrasar-X 5.3 StripMap The ground swath is illuminated with a continuous sequence of pulses while the antenna beam is fixed in elevation and azimuth. This results in an image strip with a continuous image quality in flight direction, at a 3-meter resolution. The product specifications will be described by:  5.4 ScanSAR Within one week large areas of up to 100,000 km˛ can be covered in 16 m resolution anywhere on the globe. In the ScanSAR mode, a swath width of approx. 100 km will be achieved by scanning four adjacent ground sub-swaths with quasi simultaneous beams, each with a different incidence angle. The ScanSAR Mode will be described by:  6. Company Background Infoterra was launched in 2001 for the commercial exploitation of TerraSAR-X. In prototype projects, the company develops production chains for a new generation of geo-information products and services, which will evolve once the new TerraSAR-X data is available. Today, future markets are being stimulated with products and services derived from satellite and airborne data available today. EADS Astrium is Europe’s leading satellite system specialist. Its activities cover complete civil and military telecommunications and Earth observation systems, science and navigation programmes, and all spacecraft avionics and equipment. In addition, the relevance of services based on Earth observation data is increasing constantly. Within EADS Astrium, this is covered by the European Infoterra Group. EADS Astrium, wholly owned subsidiary of EADS SPACE, which is dedicated to providing civil and defense space systems. In 2003 EADS SPACE had a turnover of € 2.4 billion and 12,000 employees in France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain. EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defense and related services. In 2003, EADS generated revenues of € 30.1 billion and employed a workforce of more than 100,000.
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