The Argentine SAOCOM ( Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas) constellation comprises two L-band SAR satellites. - Argentine officials said the launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is scheduled between July 25 and July 30. TopSAR wide mode, 10 m x 10 m (pixel) • Belgium takes also part in the SAOCOM project of CONAE by the joint development of a processor, a simulator and the necessary tools for processing the data from the polarimetric SAR instrument. Product Downloads 1. (SAOCOM 1A/SAOCOM 1B) orbit sun synchronous nearly circular frozen polar inclination 97.89° altitude 619.6 km local time of asc. < 50 m, 25º - 45º SAtélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas - 1A. SAOCOM 1A; SpaceX’s seventeenth flight of 2018 was the first launch of the Saocom Earth observation satellite constellation of the Argentine Space Agency CONAE. The water extent appears to have receded of about 540 km2 since 3 November 2020. The ground segment, includes all the activities from spacecraft monitoring/control to data product generation and distribution. After firing engines to slow down, the booster extended landing legs and returned to Landing Zone 1 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station about eight minutes into the mission, touching down as a powerful sonic boom rippled through an atmosphere thick with humidity. Once you have received the confirmation of your registration and confirmed the authorization of your permissions, you will be able to log in to the SAOCOM Catalogue with your credentials (User/Password). We and our partners process personal data such as IP Address, Unique ID, browsing data for: Use precise geolocation data | Actively scan device characteristics for identification.. Details about its mission have not been disclosed by SpaceX or Tyvak. • September 26, 2019: The SAOCOM-1A mission was presented at the ITU International Satellite Symposium 2019 in Bariloche, Argentina. SAOCOM, which stands for “Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas” (Argentinean Microwaves Observation Satellite), is a two-satellite programme. - The first contact of SAOCOM-1A on a portable earth station in Tahiti allowed verifying that these automatic activities had been executed successfully, as planned. Image Credit: CoNAE. - The SAOCOM 1A already has its solar panels working, producing the energy that is stored in the battery of the satellite platform, and the radar antenna of 35 m2 is fully deployed and pointing into the right direction of the flight path. They will be tested for the virus again before they are permitted to enter SpaceX facilities at Cape Canaveral, according to CONAE. The SAR antenna radiating area approximate dimensions are 10 m by 3.5 m. The total mass of the SAOCOM-1 satellites is approximately 3 tons. See Ref. CONAE. B. durch Kohlenwasserstoffe aufdecken. Orbit: Sunsynchronous orbit 3rd flight unit of the SAOCOM programme, 1st of the SAOCOM-2 couple. Back to the photos, here is what FlightClub’s post-launch prediction shows, after being adjusted based on webcast data: Leaflet | maps from ign.gob.ar | UCC: 1.12.2. layers Capa IGN. The launch time each day is set for approximately 7:19 p.m. EDT (23:19 GMT). The mission will be the first on the west coast to see a Falcon 9 first stage perform an RTLS (Return to Launch Site) recovery. The satellite that will complete the constellation, SAOCOM 1B, has an estimated launch date at the beginning of 2020, buy it will be launched during the 2nd semester of 2020 due to COVID19. 1) Laura Frulla, Jorge Milovich, Gladys Rodriguez Ortega, Marc Thibeault, "CONAE's SAR Missions Overview," International GEO Workshop on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to Support Agricultural Monitoring, Nov. 2-4, 2009, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, 3) L. Frulla, "L-band SAR SAOCOM Mission and SIASGE System. Die etwa 1.500 Kilogramm wiegende Radaranlage an Bord des Satelliten verfügt über 140 Einzelantennen mit einer Fläche von rund 35 Quadratmetern bei einer Breite von rund 3,5 Metern und einer Länge von rund 10 Metern. TopSAR narrow swath, Signal reception ), and to conduct monitoring services for agriculture, mining and ocean applications - including monitoring surveys of Antarctica (study of continental glacier evolution, global change indicators, etc.). Scientific data is sent to ground via a 200-350 Mbit/s X-band data downlink. The first satellite, SAOCOM 1-A, was launched on 7thOctober 2018. Once you have received the confirmation of your registration and confirmed the authorization of your permissions, you will be able to log in to the SAOCOM Catalogue with your credentials (User/Password). The overall objective of is to provide an effective Earth observation and disaster monitoring capability. The SAR dataset considered in this work consist of 7 ascending (Path:44, Row:387) scenes acquired by the SAOCOM-1A Mission (CONAE, L-Band) between August 2019 and May 2020 with a side-looking angle (ϑ) of about 40.7° It is important to note that the low number of images used in this work is a consequence of the recent start of the SAOCOM-1A operative phase. Each SAOCOM-1 spacecraft (SAOCOM-1A and SAOCOM-1B) has an estimated wet mass of ~1600 kg. > 350 km Product Downloads 1. - With an expected operational life of 5.5 years, the satellite will orbit some 620 km above the Earth's surface and will collect data that is useful for agriculture, fishing, mining, geology, urban development and disaster management. /news-invap/1580-the-assemblage-of-the-saocom-1a-satellite-was-concluded.html, 10) "SpaceX's NightLight Launches SAOCOM 1A Satellite and a Successful Return of Falcon 9," Satnews Daily, 8 October 2018, URL: http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1392175371, 11) "SpaceX signs Argentina's Space Agency for two Falcon 9 Launches," 16 April , 2009, URL: https://www.spacex.com/press/2012/12/19/spacex-signs-argentinas-space-agency-two-falcon-9-launches, 12) "Argentina ascends," ESA, Operations image of the week, 10 October 2018, URL: http://m.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2018/10/Argentina_ascends, 13) Giuseppe Francesco De Luca, Giovanni Rum, Francesco Caltagirone, Pasquale Maurizio De Carlo, Graziano Marano, Giuseppe Angino, Matteo Piemontese, "COSMO-SkyMed Interoperability, Expandability and Multi-Sensor Capabilities: The Keys for Full Multi-Mission Spectrum Operations," Proceedings of NATO Research and Technology Organization RTO-MP-SCI-150, Paper 3., 2005, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France URL: http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA469910&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf, 14) Stephen Clark, "SpaceX launches first polar orbit mission from Florida in decades," Spaceflight Now, 31 August 2020, URL: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/08/31/spacex-launches-first-polar-orbit-mission-from-florida-in-decades/, 15) Stephen Clark, "Coronavirus concerns force postponement of SpaceX launch with Argentine satellite," 24 March 2020, URL: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/03/24/ The SAOCOM 1A satellite was launched in October 2018. Space-derived products, such as soil … Orbit Height. The two satellites, SAOCOM 1A and SAOCOM 1B, both are equipped with an L band (about 1.275 GHz) full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to help predict and monitor the mitigation of natural disasters. - SAOCOM 1-B is expected to be launched in 2019, followed by another two satellites as part of the SAOCOM 2 series, which will have the experiences collected from the first mission built in. Figure 4: Photo of the SAOCOM-1A sapcecraft along with members of the integration teams (image credit: CONAE), Figure 5: SAOCOM-1A in the clean room of INVAP in October 2017 (image credit: Casa Rosada), Launch: The SAOCOM-1A satellite was launched on 8 October 2018 (02.21 UTC) on a SpaceX Falcon-9 vehicle from VAFB, CA. - 10 m x 3.5 m (35m2) SAR ActivePhase Array antenna. /2018/08/saocom-1a-ships-vandenberg-falcon-9-first-west-coast-rtls/, 8) "Argentina's SAOCOM 1-A Satellite Continues Launch Preparations," Satnews Daily, 29 July 2018, URL: http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=1716361527&menu=1, 9) "The assemblage of the SAOCOM 1A satellite was concluded," INVAP, 2 January 2018, URL: http://www.invap.com.ar/en/invap-2/newsroom Reception (double polarization), HH or VV (single pol.) - The engineers will begin tasks Monday, July 13, to ready the 3,000 kg SAOCOM-1B spacecraft for launch. - Full operation from Mission Operation Center in CETT (Centro Espacial Teófilo Tabanera), CONAE –Cordoba. natural resources identification, interferometry, glaciology), and to provide also high revisit frequencies (daily) in support of specific operational requirements. coronavirus-concerns-force-postponement-of-spacex-launch-with-argentine-satellite/, 16) Stephen Clark, "Argentine team returns to Florida to prep radar satellite for late July launch," Spaceflight Now, 6 July 2020, URL: https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/07/06/ SAOCOM data, as shown in the figure (corresponds to the Update my data case). Oktober 2018 um 02:21 UTC mit einer Falcon-9-Trägerrakete von der Vandenberg Air Force Base in eine sonnensynchrone Umlaufbahn gebracht. The goal is to obtain data with high-quality radiometric and geometric accuracy (eg. The Argentine SAOCOM ( Satélite Argentino de Observación Con Microondas) constellation comprises two L-band SAR satellites. 8. The main objective of SAOCOM 1A and for which this satellite of more than 3 tons is launched into space, is to observe the Earth and operationally obtain measurements of soil moisture, so that emergency applications, such as the detection of spills of hydrocarbons in the sea or monitoring of flood coverage. Each panel was deployed one by one as the spacecraft passed over a station, until completing the three panels of each wing. - GNOMES-1: A radio occultation microsatellite for PlanetiQ (of Golden CO, USA) was launched with SAOCOM-1B. TopSAR narrow mode, 25 m x 25 m (pixel) - The "body" of the satellite (the service platform) and its "eyes" (the radar antenna), with which it will observe the earth, are in communication. The number of measurement data and XML files contained in CUSS data zip depends on acquisition mode Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 7. 12). The following passes through the different stations of the terrestrial network were used to carry out the necessary measurements for the determination of the orbit by two methods, on the one hand the measurements with GPS (even without validation) and on the other hand through the use of "ranging" signals (this is measurement of the transit time of the S-band signal) and its subsequent processing by the flight dynamics service of the ESA. SAOCOM, which stands for “Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas” (Argentinean Microwaves Observation Satellite), is a two-satellite programme. [2], Der dreiachsenstabilisierte Satellit ist mit einem im L-Band bei rund 1,275 GHz arbeitenden Radar mit synthetischer Apertur ausgerüstet und soll Bestandteil eines Satellitensystems einer maßgeblich von Argentinien und Italien getragenen internationalen Initiative zur Katastrophenbewältigung (SIASGE) sein sowie Daten für die Landwirtschaft liefern. For more information about SAOCOM® Mission, please enter. Figure 10: Orbital arrangement of the COSMO-SKyMed constellation with the SAOCOM satellites in SIASGE (image credit: CONAE). - SAOCOM -1A features six computers that work in synchronicity; the spacecraft has a mass of 3,000 kg. Facts and figures. Er kann Messungen der Bodenfeuchte durchführen, die Ausmaße von Überflutungen bestimmen und Wasserverschmutzungen z. SAOCOM-SAR (SAOCOM-Synthetic Aperture Radar), SAOCOM-SAR is an L-band polarimetric SAR instrument, the prime payload of the mission with the following objectives: 19) 20), • To provide all weather, day/night polarimetric L-band SAR observations. The SAOCOM-1B satellite has a mass of 3050 kg and is identical to SAOCOM-1A. An onboard mass memory of 256 Gbit is provided. Issue/Rev. Altitude 620 km. This was SpaceX's first land landing on the West Coast. 3 for more details and illustrations. Alter Technology has been working together with CONAE, INVAP and VENG providing engineering, testing and logistics services in the supply and quality control of the highly reliable electronic components used in the SAOCOM project. Main mission: hydrology and land observation. SAOCOM 1A (SAtélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1A) ist ein Erdbeobachtungssatellit der argentinischen CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales). Office hours. Substantial contribution to surveillance and emergency management. - 225 acquisitions per day per Satellite –450 minutes per day, a) ETC (Estación Terrena de Córdoba), Argentina: X- & S-bands, b) ETT (Estación Terrena de Tierra del Fuego), Argentina: X- & S-bands. The team will verify the health of the satellite after coming out of three months in storage, then encapsulate the spacecraft inside the payload fairing of its Falcon 9 launcher. Mass at launch: Dry mass: Power: Data access link: no link provided Data access information 21º - 50º SAOCOM-1A is the first satellite of the two, and was launched by SpaceX on October 2018. SAOCOM 1A (SAtélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas 1A) ist ein Erdbeobachtungssatellit der argentinischen CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales). SAOCOM 1A (Satélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas, česky Argentinský satelit pro mikrovlné pozorování), je družice pro pozorování Země argentinské vesmírné agentury CONAE.Satelit pracuje na heliosynchronní dráze ve výšce 620 km. Each satellite has a mass of 3,000 kg (6,600 lb). This file was donated to the public domain by SpaceX This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The mission is headed by CONAE. SAOCOM-1A only traveled 59km downrange. SAOCOM (acronyme de SAtélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas en espagnol Satellite d'observation microondes argentin) est une série de deux satellites d'observation de la Terre équipés d'un radar à synthèse d'ouverture développés par l'agence spatiale argentine, la CONAE et construits par l'entreprise INVAP.Leur objectif principal est la prévention et le suivi des catastrophes. To this effect, an agreement called SIASGE (Sistema Italo Argentino de Satélites para la Gestión de Emergencias - Italian/Argentinian satellite system for emergency management) has been signed under which the satellites in the Argentine SAOCOM system will operate jointly with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation in X-band to provide frequent information relevant for emergency management. SAOCOM 1A Mission: Date: 7 October 2018, 19:29: Source: SAOCOM 1A Mission: Author: Official SpaceX Photos: Licensing. 1. This map illustrates satellite-detected surface waters in Ha Tinh Province of Viet Nam as observed from a Sentinel-1 image acquired on 9 November 2020 at 05:51 local time. Before, the closest a Falcon 9 first stage on an RTLS profile remained to the launch site was 70km.