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05/06/2007
COSMO-SkyMed: ready to be launched!
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The countdown for the launch of the COSMO-SkyMed
satellite has started. The first satellite
of the constellation will be launched from
Vandenberg in California at 7.21 p.m. PST,
4:21 a.m. of 8 June 2007 in Italy, on board
of a Boeing Delta II.
COSMO-SkyMed is the result of a cooperation agreement between the Italian Ministry of Defence and the
Italian Space Agency. It consists of a four-radar-satellite constellation for the Observation of the
Earth from space for “dual” use (civil institutional, military and commercial). Its purpose is to
monitor and survey the globe for civil protection (environmental risk management), strategic
(defence and national security), scientific and commercial purposes.
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COSMO-SkyMed is a leading-edge product which
operates with a high-resolution radar capable
of observing the entire globe, including
at night and under any weather condition.
The system will be built gradually, with
the launch of the first satellite scheduled
by 7 June 2007 and the remaining three at
different stages, so as to complete the
constellation by 2009.
Italy’s commitment and technological level
are such that the COSMO-SkyMed system has
been created completely by its main aerospace
companies, including small and medium firms:
Thales Alenia Space Italia is the General
Contractor responsible for the entire system,
inclusive of the space and ground segments,
whilst Telespazio (A Finmeccanica/Thales
company) is responsible for the construction
of the civil and military grounds segments.
The construction of the
COSMO-SkyMed system has already allowed
Italy to implement important international
agreements in the field of Earth Observation,
in both the civil and military fields, particularly
with France, thanks to the existing Intergovernmental
Agreement, and with Argentina, on the basis
of a cooperation project in the civil sector
between this country and the Italian Space
Agency.
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