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Stefan Buckreuss

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Stefan Buckreuss

Also published under: S. Buckreuss

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German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

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Stefan Buckreuss received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in electronics from the Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany, in 1988 and the Dr.-Ing. degree in aerospace engineering and geodesy from the University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, in 1994.,He has been with the Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), Microwaves and Radar Institute, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, since 1988, where he gained broad experience in SAR signal processing, motion compensation, antijamming, and interferometry. Since 2002, he has been engaged with the German TerraSAR-X/TanDEM-X mission, where he was responsible for the development of the instrument operations and calibration segment until he was assigned the role of the ground segment integration man...
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23
Citations
519
Publications by Year
19902024
Co-Authors:
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TANDEM-X: MISSION STATUS AND SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

EUSAR 2024; 15th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |
The paper provides an overview of the German TanDEM-X satellite mission status and its ongoing science activities. The global digital elevation model (DEM) of TanDEM-X became available in 2016 and surpassed all expectations: It has 99.9% coverage, 12-m posting, absolute height accuracy of approximately 1 m and a relative height error (standard deviation) of 0.8 m. This unique data set has been ava...Show More

TANDEM-X: MISSION STATUS AND SCIENCE ACTIVITIES

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

Year: 2024 | Conference Paper |

TanDEM-X: Mission Status and Science Activities

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Year: 2022 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (1)
The paper provides an up-to-date overview of the German TanDEM-X satellite mission status and its ongoing science activities. The global digital elevation model (DEM) of TanDEM-X became available in 2016 and surpassed all expectations: It has 99.9% coverage, 12-m posting, absolute height accuracy of approximately 1 m and a relative height error (standard deviation) of 0.8 m. This unique data set h...Show More

TanDEM-X: Mission Status and Science Activities

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

Year: 2022 | Conference Paper |

MirrorSAR: An HRWS Add-On for Single-Pass Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry

Josef Mittermayer;Gerhard Krieger;Allan Bojarski;Mariantonietta Zonno;Michelangelo Villano;Muriel Pinheiro;Markus Bachmann;Stefan Buckreuss;Alberto Moreira

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Year: 2022 | Volume: 60 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (27)
This article reports the Phase A study results of the interferometric extension of the high-resolution wide-swath (HRWS) mission with three MirrorSAR satellites. According to the MirrorSAR concept, small, low-cost, transponder-like receive-only satellites without radar signal demodulation, digitization, memory storage, downlink, and synchronization are added to the planned German X-band HRWS missi...Show More

MirrorSAR: An HRWS Add-On for Single-Pass Multi-Baseline SAR Interferometry

Josef Mittermayer;Gerhard Krieger;Allan Bojarski;Mariantonietta Zonno;Michelangelo Villano;Muriel Pinheiro;Markus Bachmann;Stefan Buckreuss;Alberto Moreira

Year: 2022 | Volume: 60 | Journal Article |

Tandem-X: Mission and Science

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS
Year: 2021 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (1)
The paper provides an up to date overview of the German TanDEM-X satellite mission status and its ongoing science activities. In June 2020 TanDEM-X reached his 10 years of successful operation - a view forward will be presented in the final paper. The global digital elevation model (DEM) of TanDEM-X became available in 2016 and surpassed all expectations: It has 99.9% coverage, 12-m posting, absol...Show More

Tandem-X: Mission and Science

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

Year: 2021 | Conference Paper |

The TanDEM-X Mission Phases—Ten Years of Bistatic Acquisition and Formation Planning

Markus Bachmann;Thomas Kraus;Allan Bojarski;Maximilian Schandri;Johannes Böer;Thomas Edmund Busche;José-Luis Bueso-Bello;Christo Grigorov;Ulrich Steinbrecher;Stefan Buckreuss;Gerhard Krieger;Manfred Zink

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
Year: 2021 | Volume: 14 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (16)
TanDEM-X is a formation flying interferometer consisting of two SAR satellites. Together they acquire bistatic SAR data of the earth in order to generate a global digital elevation model as well as individual scientific interferometric datasets on user request. This article gives an overview about ten years of acquisition and formation planning for the TanDEM-X mission. This planning on the one ha...Show More

The TanDEM-X Mission Phases—Ten Years of Bistatic Acquisition and Formation Planning

Markus Bachmann;Thomas Kraus;Allan Bojarski;Maximilian Schandri;Johannes Böer;Thomas Edmund Busche;José-Luis Bueso-Bello;Christo Grigorov;Ulrich Steinbrecher;Stefan Buckreuss;Gerhard Krieger;Manfred Zink

Year: 2021 | Volume: 14 | Journal Article |

TanDEM-X: 10 Years of Operation

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Year: 2020 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (1)
The paper provides an up to date overview of the German TanDEM-X satellite mission status and its ongoing science activities. In June 2020 TanDEM-X will reach his 10 years of successful operation - a view back and forward will be presented in the final paper. The global digital elevation model (DEM) of TanDEM-X became available in 2016 and surpassed all expectations: It has 99.9% coverage, 12-m po...Show More

TanDEM-X: 10 Years of Operation

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

Year: 2020 | Conference Paper |

Tandem-X: Mission Status and Science Activities

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Year: 2019 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (4)
The paper provides an up to date overview of the German TanDEM-X satellite mission status and its ongoing science activities. The global digital elevation model (DEM) of TanDEM-X became available in 2016 and surpassed all expectations: It has 99.9% coverage, 12-m posting, absolute height accuracy of approximately 1 m and a relative height error (standard deviation) of 0.8 m. This unique data set h...Show More

Tandem-X: Mission Status and Science Activities

Irena Hajnsek;Alberto Moreira;Manfred Zink;Stefan Buckreuss;Thomas Kraus;Markus Bachmann;Thomas Busche

Year: 2019 | Conference Paper |

TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X Mission Status and an Outlook to the Future

A. Bojarski;M. Bachmann;J. Böer;P. Rizzoli;C. Gonzalez;C. Wecklich;M. Zink;S. Buckreuss;M. Martone;G. Krieger

2019 20th International Radar Symposium (IRS)
Year: 2019 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (1)
TerraSAR-X and its almost identical twin satellite TanDEM-X have provided high resolution radar images and Digital Elevation Models with unprecedented accuracy for years. Between December 2010 and early 2015, radar data of all land surfaces has been acquired and as of September 2016 the final global DEM dataset has been available. Furthermore a science phase generating radar products for scientifi...Show More

TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X Mission Status and an Outlook to the Future

A. Bojarski;M. Bachmann;J. Böer;P. Rizzoli;C. Gonzalez;C. Wecklich;M. Zink;S. Buckreuss;M. Martone;G. Krieger

Year: 2019 | Conference Paper |

The TerraSAR-X mission status

Stefan Buckreuss;Ulrich Steinbrecher;Birgit Schättler

2015 IEEE 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (APSAR)
Year: 2015 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (9)
TSX, an advanced synthetic aperture radar satellite, launched on June 15th 2007 and the almost identically rebuild TDX satellite, launched on June 21th 2010 serve two challenging radar missions. First: The TerraSAR-X mission, providing high quality SAR data for scientific and commercial purposes, covering a large variation of SAR modes from a high resolution staring spotlight mode with 1 m resolut...Show More

The TerraSAR-X mission status

Stefan Buckreuss;Ulrich Steinbrecher;Birgit Schättler

Year: 2015 | Conference Paper |

The missions TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X: Status, challenges, future perspectives

Stefan Buckreuss;Manfred Zink

2011 XXXth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
Year: 2011 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (1)
TerraSAR-X is a new German radar satellite that was launched in June 15, 2007. It carries a high frequency X-band SAR sensor that can be operated in three different modes and various polarizations. The Spotlight-, Stripmap- and ScanSAR-modes provide high resolution images for detailed analysis as well as wide swath data whenever a larger coverage is required. These high geometric and radiometric r...Show More

The missions TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X: Status, challenges, future perspectives

Stefan Buckreuss;Manfred Zink

Year: 2011 | Conference Paper |

The TerraSAR-X Mission and System Design

Rolf Werninghaus;Stefan Buckreuss

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Year: 2010 | Volume: 48, Issue: 2 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (237)
This paper describes the TerraSAR-X mission concept within the context of a public-private partnership (PPP) agreement between the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and the industry. It briefly describes the PPP concept as well as the overall project organization. This paper then gives an overview of the satellite design and the corresponding ground segment, as well as the main mission parameters. Aft...Show More

The TerraSAR-X Mission and System Design

Rolf Werninghaus;Stefan Buckreuss

Year: 2010 | Volume: 48, Issue: 2 | Journal Article |

The TerraSAR-X Ground Segment

Stefan Buckreuss;Birgit Schattler

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Year: 2010 | Volume: 48, Issue: 2 | Journal Article |
Cited by: Papers (38)
TerraSAR-X, the first national German remote-sensing satellite, was launched on June 15, 2007. It carries an X-band high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument featuring imaging modes like StripMap, ScanSAR, and, particularly, SpotLight in a variety of different polarization modes. Primary mission goal is the provision of both science and commercial users with a variety of products f...Show More

The TerraSAR-X Ground Segment

Stefan Buckreuss;Birgit Schattler

Year: 2010 | Volume: 48, Issue: 2 | Journal Article |

The German satellite mission TerraSAR-X

S. Buckreuss;R. Werninghaus;W. Pitz

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
Year: 2009 | Volume: 24, Issue: 11 | Magazine Article |
Cited by: Papers (23)
TerraSAR-X is Germany's first national remote sensing satellite being implemented in a public-private partnership between the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and EATS Astrium GmbH. TerraSAR-X was launched on June 15, 2007 and will supply high-quality radar data for purposes of scientific observation of the Earth for a period of at least five years. At the same time, it is designed to satisfy the ste...Show More

The German satellite mission TerraSAR-X

S. Buckreuss;R. Werninghaus;W. Pitz

Year: 2009 | Volume: 24, Issue: 11 | Magazine Article |

Status Report on the TerraSAR-X Mission

S. Buckreuss;A. Roth

IGARSS 2008 - 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Year: 2008 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (4)
TerraSAR-X is Germany's first national remote sensing satellite being implemented in a public-private partner-ship between the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and EADS Astrium GmbH. TerraSAR-X was launched on June 15th, 2007 and will supply high-quality radar data for purposes of scientific observation of the Earth for a period of at least five years. At the same time it is designed to satisfy the s...Show More

Status Report on the TerraSAR-X Mission

S. Buckreuss;A. Roth

Year: 2008 | Volume: 2 | Conference Paper |

The German satellite mission TerraSAR-X

S. Buckreuss;R. Werninghaus;W. Pitz

2008 IEEE Radar Conference
Year: 2008 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (30)
TerraSAR-X is Germanypsilas first national remote sensing satellite being implemented in a public-private partnership between the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and EADS Astrium GmbH. TerraSAR-X was launched on June 15th, 2007 and will supply high-quality radar data for purposes of scientific observation of the Earth for a period of at least five years. At the same time it is designed to satisfy th...Show More

The German satellite mission TerraSAR-X

S. Buckreuss;R. Werninghaus;W. Pitz

Year: 2008 | Conference Paper |

TerraSAR-X Mission Status

R. Werninghaus;S. Buckreuss;W. Pitz

2007 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Year: 2007 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (11)
TerraSAR-X is Germany’s first national remote sensing satellite being implemented in a public-private partnership between the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and EADS Astrium GmbH, with a significant financial contribution from the industrial partner. This radar satellite, which is to be launched in June 2007 will supply high-quality radar data for purposes of scientific observation of the Earth for...Show More

TerraSAR-X Mission Status

R. Werninghaus;S. Buckreuss;W. Pitz

Year: 2007 | Conference Paper |

The terraSAR-X satellite project

S. Buckreuss;W. Balzer;P. Muhlbauer;R. Werninghaus;W. Pitz

IGARSS 2003. 2003 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Proceedings (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37477)
Year: 2003 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (40)
The objective of TerraSAR-X is the setup of an operational space borne X-Band SAR system in order to produce remote sensing products for commercial and scientific use. The TerraSAR-X project is conducted under the aegis of the DLR Space Flight Management and comprises a space and a ground segment. The space segment is designed and built by ASTRIUM GmbH, the ground segment is set up by several inst...Show More

The terraSAR-X satellite project

S. Buckreuss;W. Balzer;P. Muhlbauer;R. Werninghaus;W. Pitz

Year: 2003 | Volume: 5 | Conference Paper |

E-SAR generates level-3 SAR products for ProSmart

R. Horn;R. Scheiber;S. Buckreuss;M. Zink;A. Moreira;E. Sansosti;R. Lanari

IEEE 1999 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS'99 (Cat. No.99CH36293)
Year: 1999 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (2)
"ProSmart" is the name of a remote sensing project established in the first phase of a future commercial SAR and hyperspectral scanner satellite mission. Research work in the past has shown the commercial potential of combined SAR and hyperspectral scanner data. It is the purpose of ProSmart now to identify the market needs and to develop a set of highly profitable products. The airborne experimen...Show More

E-SAR generates level-3 SAR products for ProSmart

R. Horn;R. Scheiber;S. Buckreuss;M. Zink;A. Moreira;E. Sansosti;R. Lanari

Year: 1999 | Volume: 2 | Conference Paper |

Overview of interferometric data acquisition and processing modes of the experimental airborne SAR system of DLR

R. Scheiber;A. Reigber;A. Ulbricht;K.P. Papathanassiou;R. Horn;S. Buckreuss;A. Moreira

IEEE 1999 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IGARSS'99 (Cat. No.99CH36293)
Year: 1999 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (18)
This paper presents first the relevant parameters of the experimental E-SAR system for single- and repeat-pass SAR interferometry. The implementation of the different interferometric operation modes is described and special attention is paid to the problems posed by the unstable airborne platform. Each interferometric mode is described including the solution of its critical problems. The given exa...Show More

Overview of interferometric data acquisition and processing modes of the experimental airborne SAR system of DLR

R. Scheiber;A. Reigber;A. Ulbricht;K.P. Papathanassiou;R. Horn;S. Buckreuss;A. Moreira

Year: 1999 | Volume: 1 | Conference Paper |

E-SAR P-band SAR subsystem design and RF-interference suppression

S. Buckreuss;R. Horn

IGARSS '98. Sensing and Managing the Environment. 1998 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing. Symposium Proceedings. (Cat. No.98CH36174)
Year: 1998 | Conference Paper |
Cited by: Papers (31)
Since the beginning of 1994 the Institut fu/spl uml/r Hochfrequenztechnik of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has been operating an experimental airborne SAR E-SAR with a P-band radar front-end. The microstrip patch array antenna allows a signal bandwidth of slightly more than 10% of the 450 MHz carrier frequency. The radar is polarimetric on a pulse-to-pulse basis.Show More

E-SAR P-band SAR subsystem design and RF-interference suppression

S. Buckreuss;R. Horn

Year: 1998 | Volume: 1 | Conference Paper |

Motion compensation for airborne SAR based on inertial data, RDM and GPS

S. Buckreuss

Proceedings of IGARSS '94 - 1994 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Year: 1994 | Conference Paper |
Two new motion compensation methods for airborne SAR are presented. Both methods are based on the evaluation of acceleration data measured by an Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS). The motion compensation algorithms were developed for the Experimental SAR System (E-SAR) of DLR which operates in L/C/X-Band. It is installed in a small Dornier Do-228 turboprop aircraft. Due to atmospheric t...Show More

Motion compensation for airborne SAR based on inertial data, RDM and GPS

S. Buckreuss

Year: 1994 | Volume: 4 | Conference Paper |

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