Earth Observation Satellites from ASI

Agency Name Full

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

CEOS Member

yes

Agency Country

Italy

Agency Website

www.asi.it/en

Agency Mission Timeline

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Series	Missions
COSMO-SkyMed	COSMO-SkyMed 1, COSMO-SkyMed 2, COSMO-SkyMed 3, COSMO-SkyMed 4
CSG	CSG-1, CSG-2
LAGEOS	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, LARES
PRISMA	PRISMA
SAOCOM	SAOCOM 1A, SAOCOM 1B, SAOCOM-2

Current Missions

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Approved Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
NIMBUS-SAR	Jun 2026	Jun 2031	Imaging radar (NIMBUS-SAR)
NOX-SAR	Jun 2026	Jun 2031	Imaging radar (NOX-SAR)
PLATINO-HYPER	Jun 2026	Jun 2031	Optical imager (PLATINO-Hyper)
NIMBUS-VHR	Jun 2026	Jun 2031	Optical imager (NIMBUS-VHR)
PLT-1	Nov 2026	Feb 2030	PLT SAR
CSG-4	Dec 2026	Dec 2033	CSG SAR
PLT-2	Jun 2027	Jan 2031	MAIA, PLATiNO TIR
PRISMA2GEN	Dec 2029	Dec 2036	HYC2, PAN CAMERA

Planned Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
SBG-TIR	2029	2033	OTTER Instrument on SBG-TIR, VIREO on SBG-TIR
SAOCOM-2	2031	2038	SAR-L

Considered Missions

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Mission	Launch	EOL		Instrument(s)
GEOSAR	2031	2041		-

Completed Missions

Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
COSMO-SkyMed 1	08 Jun 2007	13 Apr 2025	SAR 2000
COSMO-SkyMed 3	25 Oct 2008	30 Apr 2022	SAR 2000
NORSAT-TD	15 Apr 2023	30 May 2025	AIS/IOT, CORA-micro, SmallCat, SpaceStar, VDES

Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
CSG SAR	CSG-1, CSG-2, CSG-4, CSG-3
HEPD	CSES
HYC	PRISMA
LCCRA (LARES)	LARES
LCCRA (LARES-2)	LARES-2
LRA	SWOT, Topex-Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM (Jason-2), GFO, Jason-3
LRA (LAGEOS)	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2
Optical imager (Eaglet-II)	Eaglet-II
Optical imager (HEO)	HEO
PAN CAMERA	PRISMA2GEN, PRISMA
SAR 2000	COSMO-SkyMed 1, COSMO-SkyMed 3, COSMO-SkyMed 2, COSMO-SkyMed 4

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Instrument	Mission(s)
HYC2	PRISMA2GEN
Imaging radar (NIMBUS-SAR)	NIMBUS-SAR
Imaging radar (NOX-SAR)	NOX-SAR
MAIA	PLT-2
Optical imager (NIMBUS-VHR)	NIMBUS-VHR
Optical imager (PLATINO-Hyper)	PLATINO-HYPER
OTTER Instrument on SBG-TIR	SBG-TIR
PLT SAR	PLT-1
VIREO on SBG-TIR	SBG-TIR

Approved Instruments

None.

Proposed Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
GEO SAR	-

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments