Title :
ASI COSMO-SkyMed: Mission Overview and Data Exploitation
Author :
Virelli, M. ; Coletta, Alessandro ; Battagliere, Maria Libera
Author_Institution :
Italian Space Agency, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Spring 2014 signs the beginning of the fourth operational year of the complete Italian four-satellite dualuse system COSMO-SkyMed (COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation). The constellation was stepwise deployed in the time range 2007-2010, starting with the launch of the first satellite in June 2007 and completing the system with the last one in November 2010.
Keywords :
geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; AD 2007 06; AD 2007 to 2010; AD 2010 11; AD 2014; ASI COSMO-SkyMed; Italian four-satellite dual-use system; data exploitation; mission overview; Earth; Italy; Satellites; Sea surface; Space research; Surveillance; Synthetic aperture radar; Volcanoes;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MGRS.2014.2317837
