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COSMO-SkyMed

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The new satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed program is ready to be transported from Italy to the Vandenberg launch base in the USA.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedTechnical ProductNov 13, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: 🛰️La costellazione italiana COSMO-Skymed si prepara a crescere. Il nuovo satellite del programma di osservazione della Terra, promosso da @ASI_spazio e Ministero #Difesa, è pronto per essere trasportato dall'Italia alla base di lancio di Vandenberg (USA). "Il programma COSMO-SkyMed è uno degli esempi più virtuosi di cooperazione tra la Difesa, l’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana e l’industria nazionale. È un modello di sinergia pubblico-privato che dimostra come innovazione, ricerca e sviluppo possano integrarsi con le esigenze di sicurezza e di difesa, generando valore strategico per il Paese. Una conferma dell'eccellenza della nostra industria spaziale e della sua capacità di integrare tecnologia all'avanguardia, innovazione e visione strategica. Prosegue l'impegno della #Difesa con le proprie competenze per garantire al Paese di continuare ad essere protagonista anche nel dominio spaziale". Così il Min @GuidoCrosetto

COSMO-SkyMed serves as a model of public-private synergy that integrates innovation, research, and development with security and defense needs.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralNov 13, 2025RT by @GewoonLukas_: 🛰️La costellazione italiana COSMO-Skymed si prepara a crescere. Il nuovo satellite del programma di osservazione della Terra, promosso da @ASI_spazio e Ministero #Difesa, è pronto per essere trasportato dall'Italia alla base di lancio di Vandenberg (USA). "Il programma COSMO-SkyMed è uno degli esempi più virtuosi di cooperazione tra la Difesa, l’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana e l’industria nazionale. È un modello di sinergia pubblico-privato che dimostra come innovazione, ricerca e sviluppo possano integrarsi con le esigenze di sicurezza e di difesa, generando valore strategico per il Paese. Una conferma dell'eccellenza della nostra industria spaziale e della sua capacità di integrare tecnologia all'avanguardia, innovazione e visione strategica. Prosegue l'impegno della #Difesa con le proprie competenze per garantire al Paese di continuare ad essere protagonista anche nel dominio spaziale". Così il Min @GuidoCrosetto

The COSMO-SkyMed program includes applications for urban, mining, maritime, petroleum, and forestry analysis.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralNov 13, 2025COSMO-SkyMed, completato il nuovo satellite CSG-FM3

The COSMO-SkyMed constellation currently includes four operational satellites.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralNov 13, 2025COSMO-SkyMed, completato il nuovo satellite CSG-FM3

COSMO-SkyMed serves both the Italian Civil Protection and Defense sectors.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralNov 10, 2025Guardare dall’alto: un confronto spaziale

The second generation of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation aims for sub-metric resolution and high revisit frequency.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralSep 22, 2025Osserviamo la Terra dallo Spazio

IRIDE satellites feature operating modes that support high revisit rates and data integration with existing or future programs including COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation, PRISMA, and the Copernicus program.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralMar 29, 2023Thales Alenia Space wins contracts for IRIDE radar and optical satellites

Copernicus operations are using radar data from Canada’s Radarsat-2 and Radarsat Constellation Mission, Germany’s TerraSAR-X, Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed, and Spain’s PAZ to support operational sea-ice monitoring for the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralAug 11, 2022ESA Announces the End of Mission for Copernicus Sentinel-1B Satellite

Asterra gathers data from Japan’s Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 and from Saocom 1A and 1B radar satellites built by Argentina’s space agency and operated jointly with the Italian Cosmo-SkyMed constellation.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralAug 10, 2022Orbital Insight and Asterra join forces to monitor infrastructure

The Falcon 9 booster used for the KPLO launch previously supported the launches of Arabsat-6A, STP-2, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2, and two Starlink missions.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022Flying to the Moon is the South Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter thanks to a SpaceX Falcon 9

Copernicus contributing radar missions used to support operational sea-ice monitoring include Canada’s Radarsat-2 and Radarsat Constellation Mission, Germany’s TerraSAR-X, Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed, and Spain’s PAZ.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralAug 4, 2022Copernicus Sentinel-1B decommissioned by ESA / EC due to a December 23, 2021, satellite anomaly

ESA and the European Commission are buying SAR data from other satellites, including Canada’s Radarsat-2 and Radarsat Constellation Mission, Germany’s TerraSAR-X, Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed, and Spain’s PAZ.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedOrg RelationshipAug 3, 2022ESA ends efforts to recover Sentinel-1B

The Italian space agency ASI selected SpaceX to launch Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation 2 because of delays with the Vega C rocket.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralApr 1, 2022SpaceX launches fourth dedicated rideshare mission

A Falcon 9 launched Italy’s Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation 2 radar imaging satellite on 2022-01-31.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedOrg RelationshipApr 1, 2022SpaceX launches fourth dedicated rideshare mission

A Falcon 9 launched an Italian-built COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Earth observation satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on 2022-01-31.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedOrg RelationshipFeb 3, 2022Space Force’s Multiple Satellites Launch Into Orbit

Falcon 9 launched the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2022Falcon 9 launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit

The Falcon 9 booster used for the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission completed its third launch and landing with this mission.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2022Falcon 9 launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit

The Falcon 9 booster that launched COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 previously supported the launches of Arabsat-6A and STP-2.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedNarrative GeneralFeb 1, 2022Falcon 9 launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit

The Emergency Mapping Rapid Mapping service for Copernicus involving COSMO-SkyMed is operated by an international consortium led by e-GEOS, which is owned 80% by Telespazio and 20% by ASI.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2022Thales Alenia Space’s COSMO-SkyMed CSG Gains Orbit

The second COSMO-SkyMed CSG satellite was launched at 00:11 CET from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mentioned as: COSMO-SkyMedOrg RelationshipJan 31, 2022Thales Alenia Space’s COSMO-SkyMed CSG Gains Orbit
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