THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - SAOCOM-2 -

Full Name

Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 2A

Status

Planned

Mission Agencies

CONAE , ASI

Launch Date

2028

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

2033

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

97.2 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

98 deg

Orbit Altitude

620 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

6:00

Repeat Cycle

16 days

Objectives and Applications

Earth observation and emergency management with an L-band SAR.

Mission Measurements

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

Mission Instruments

SAR-L - L-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar

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