COSMO-SkyMed mission status
2008
COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO-SkyMed) is the largest Italian
investment in Space Systems for Earth Observation, commissioned and funded by Italian Space Agency (ASI) and
Italian Ministry of Defence (MoD). COSMO-SkyMed is a Dual-Use (Civilian and Defence) end-to-end Earth
Observation System aimed at establishing a global service supplying provision of data, products and services compliant
with well-established international standards and relevant to a wide range of applications, such as Risk Management,
Scientific and Commercial Applications and Defence Applications. The system consists of a constellation of four LEO
mid-sized satellites, each equipped with a multi-mode
high-resolution SAR operating at X-band. The first and second
COSMO-SkyMed satellites have been successfully launched the 8th of June and the 9th of December 2007 respectively,
while the remaining two satellites will be gradually deployed by the end of 2009. COSMO-SkyMed 1 and 2 completed
their Commissioning phase to test, verify and qualify the overall System and from the 1st of August both satellites are in
the operational phase. The results of the commissioning phase of COSMO-SkyMed 1 and 2 are presented together with
the Scientific Mission Exploitation strategy (i.e.: Announcement of Opportunity, Background Mission).
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