TanDEM-X is a high-resolution interferometric mission with the main goal of providing a global digital elevation model
(DEM) of the Earth surface by means of single-pass X-band SAR interferometry. It is, moreover, the first genuinely
bistatic spaceborne SAR mission, and, independently of its usual quasi-monostatic configuration, includes many of the
peculiarities of bistatic SAR. An experimental, versatile, and flexible interferometric chain has been developed at DLR
Microwaves and Radar Institute for the scientific exploitation of TanDEM-X data acquired in non-standard configurations.
The paper describes the structure of the processing chain and focusses on some essential aspects of its bistatic part
