About 4.3 million images have been acquired and archived by the COSMO-SkyMed satellites since their launch.
The COSMO-SkyMed system has provided fundamental information for environmental monitoring, security, and emergency management since the launch of the first satellite in 2007.
The third satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation was successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
The Italian industry, led by Leonardo and joint ventures with Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and e-GEOS, plays a significant role in the development of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation.
Thales Alenia Space built the third satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation.
COSMO-SkyMed participates in the European Copernicus program, providing images that aid the European Commission’s Emergency Rapid Mapping service.
COSMO-SkyMed is a dual-use Earth observation constellation.
Telespazio operates the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation in orbit.
The COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation is owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
COSMO-SkyMed data are crucial for the European Commission's Emergency Rapid Mapping service, operated by e-GEOS, which provides satellite maps of areas affected by natural disasters or humanitarian crises within hours.
COSMO-SkyMed CSG-FM3 was successfully launched on January 3 at 18:09 PT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
COSMO-SkyMed data have provided essential information for environmental monitoring, security, and emergency management.
The COSMO-SkyMed constellation sets a new performance standard for space radar systems in terms of accuracy, image quality, and user services.
Since the launch of the first satellite in 2007, approximately 4.3 million images have been acquired by the COSMO-SkyMed constellation.
Leonardo plays a leading role in the COSMO-SkyMed program, along with Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio, as well as a significant number of small and medium enterprises.
The COSMO-SkyMed constellation currently includes four fully operational satellites.
e-GEOS processes COSMO-SkyMed data to develop applications and operational services supporting emergency management, security, infrastructure monitoring, maritime traffic, precision agriculture, and monitoring of natural resources and ecosystems.
The COSMO-SkyMed program is the only dual-use civil-military system in the world with such high performance, resulting from collaboration between institutions and industry.
A catalog of 4,300,000 images has been created through the acquisitions of the entire COSMO-SkyMed constellation.
The COSMO-SkyMed mission is designed for dual civil and military use to monitor the environment, climate, and terrestrial, marine, and coastal areas with maximum precision.