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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Mission	Launch	EOL	Instrument(s)
LAGEOS-1	04 May 1976	May 2052	LRA (LAGEOS)
LAGEOS-2	22 Oct 1992	Oct 2052	LRA (LAGEOS)
COSMO-SkyMed 1	08 Jun 2007	Dec 2025	SAR 2000
COSMO-SkyMed 2	09 Dec 2007	Dec 2025	SAR 2000
COSMO-SkyMed 4	06 Nov 2010	Dec 2025	SAR 2000
LARES	13 Feb 2012	Feb 2052	LCCRA (LARES)
CSES	02 Feb 2018	Dec 2025	HEPD
SAOCOM 1A	07 Oct 2018	Oct 2025	SAR-L
PRISMA	22 Mar 2019	Dec 2025	HYC, PAN CAMERA
CSG-1	18 Dec 2019	Dec 2026	CSG SAR
SAOCOM 1B	30 Aug 2020	Aug 2025	SAR-L
CSG-2	31 Jan 2022	Dec 2028	CSG SAR
LARES-2	13 Jul 2022	Mar 2062	LCCRA (LARES-2)
NORSAT-TD	15 Apr 2023	May 2025	AIS/IOT, CORA-micro, SmallCat, SpaceStar, VDES

Approved Missions

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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	2046		-

Completed Missions

Mission	Launch	EOL		Instrument(s)
COSMO-SkyMed 3	25 Oct 2008	30 Apr 2022		SAR 2000

Operational Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
CORA-micro	NORSAT-TD
CSG SAR	CSG-1, CSG-2, CSG-3, CSG-4
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
PAN CAMERA	PRISMA2GEN, PRISMA
SAR 2000	COSMO-SkyMed 3, COSMO-SkyMed 1, COSMO-SkyMed 2, COSMO-SkyMed 4

Prototype Instruments

None.

Instruments Being Developed

Approved Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
MAIA	MAIA

Proposed Instruments

Instrument	Mission(s)
GEO SAR	-

TBD Instruments

None.

No Longer Operational Instruments