"X-band radar system; monitor vegetation and crops across the globe, and special emphasis will be placed on keeping tabs on environmental changes. Commercial sale to business and military clients as well."
Germany's first military communications satellite.
"SHF (Super-High-Frequency), and UHF transponders (Ultra-High-Frequency)."
Will survey all 150 million square kilometers of earth surface. Works with TerraSAR-X for first three years.
"Two greenhouses for experimental growth of food in space, or Mars/Moon."
Will test laser communications and electric thruster technologies
"EnMAP does not only concentrate on these three colors, but the light is split into very many, very small wavelength ranges."