CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - COSMO-SkyMed 2 -
Full Name COnstellation of small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation - 2
aka CSK-2
Status Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies ASI, MoD (Italy) Launch Date 09 Dec 2007
Mission Links mission site | data access portal EOL Date Dec 2023
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 32376 (TLE)
International Designator 2007-059A
Orbit Type Sun-synchronous Orbit Period 97.1 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 97.8 deg
Orbit Altitude 620 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST 6:00 Repeat Cycle 16 days
Objectives and Applications Environmental monitoring, surveillance and risk management applications, environmental resources management, maritime management, earth topographic mapping, law enforcement, informative / science applications.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandLandscape topography SAR 2000
Vegetation SAR 2000
Multi-purpose imagery (land) SAR 2000
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth SAR 2000
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness SAR 2000
Mission Instruments
SAR 2000 - Synthetic Aperture Radar - 2000
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COSMO-SkyMed ESA Archive
Jan-2007



COSMO-SkyMed is a four-spacecraft constellation, conceived by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD). Each of the four satellites is equipped with a SAR instrument and is capable of operating in all visibility conditions at high resolution and in real time. The overall objective of this program is global EO and the relevant data exploitation for the needs of the military community as well as for the civil (institutional, commercial) community. The ESA TPM collection is composed by the copy of products requested by ESA supported projects over their areas of interest around the world. The dataset regularly grows as ESA collects new products over the years. Read more

COSMO-SkyMed Full Archive and Tasking
Jan-2007



COSMO-SkyMed is a four-spacecraft constellation, conceived by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) and funded by the Italian Ministry of Research (MUR) and the Italian Ministry of Defense (MoD). Each of the four satellites is equipped with a SAR instrument and is capable of operating in all visibility conditions at high resolution and in real time. The overall objective of this program is global EO and the relevant data exploitation for the needs of the military community as well as for the civil (institutional, commercial) community. ESA offers access to worldwide COSMO-SkyMed data (both archived and new acquisitions) via the TPM scheme. Read more

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