Objectives and Applications
Earth observation and emergency management with an L-band SAR, soil moisture for agriculture and hydrology (main driver), interferometry.
Full Name
Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1B
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
30 Aug 2020
Mission Links
EOL Date
Aug 2025
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97.2 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
97.89 deg
Orbit Altitude
620 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
05:57:45
Repeat Cycle
16 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
SAR-L - L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | SAR-L |
| Land | Landscape topography | SAR-L |
| Soil moisture | SAR-L |
| Vegetation | SAR-L |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | SAR-L |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | SAR-L |
| Ocean surface winds | SAR-L |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | SAR-L |
| Snow & Ice | Ice sheet topography | SAR-L |
| Snow cover, edge and depth | SAR-L |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | SAR-L |
SAOCOM Data Products
Jan-2018 | The SAOCOM (Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas) satellite series
represents Argentina’s polarimetric L-band SAR constellation of two spacecraft
(SAOCOM-1A and SAOCOM-1B), a program defined, managed and operated by
CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales), Argentina’s Space Agency
in Buenos Aires. The overall objective of SAOCOM is to provide effective Earth
observation and disaster monitoring capability. On the basis of an agreement between the ESA TPM scheme and the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), data are available
through the ASI SAOCOM Data Hub. - Read more |
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