COSMO-SkyMed Products and Services IICWG October 22-26 Frascati Italy Giorgio Apponi e-GEOS

An Operational System PERFORMANCE CONTINUITY RELIABILITY 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 CSM-1 launched 7 June 2007 CSM-2 scheduled 5 Dec. 2007 COSMO-SkyMed X- band (fully funded by It. Gov) COSMO-SkyMed 2nd G SAOCOM L- band (fully funded by Arg.& It. Gov) SABRINA (fully funded by It. Gov)

A new era of Operational Applications PERFORMANCE Very High Resolution: 1m from 20º–59º; multiple modes High quality images Guaranteed Image Acquisitions (day/night & all weather) Fast Response Large Daily Area Collection Unmatched Revisit Complementary missions Interferometric & polarimetric capabilities FEATURES 1.7 ton satellite class, active array antenna with steerable beam Wider bandwidth (400MHz) High geolocation accuracy with worldwide fiducial GPS network High orbit altitude (620 Km) Right & left looking acquisition Large memory capacity (300 Gb) Multiple imaging modes (resolution 1m – 100m)

Program management & infrastructure Dual system: funded by Italian MoD and ASI Three main program elements: Italian Defence Italian Civil Institutions Commercial Customers Program management: Industrial structure: Satellite (sensor & spacecraft) Ground Segment (MCC, CPCM, UGS, operations)

Commercialization e-GEOS is in charge of commercial promotion and exploitation of COSMO-SkyMed data e-GEOS is a Joint Venture with majority shareholders ASI and Telespazio e-GEOS will promote sales at worldwide level through: Ground Station Partners VA Service Partners Reseller Network Data Policy approved by Italian Government

4 satellite constellation Orbit type Dawn–dusk sun-synchronous Inclination 97.86º Revolutions / day 14.8125 Orbit cycle 16 days Eccentricity 0.00118 Argument of perigee 90º Semi-major axis 7,003.52 km Nominal height 619.6 km LTAN 6:00 a.m. Number of satellites 4 Phasing Deployment Progressive

Multiple Modes Flight Direction Swath HUGEREGION WIDEREGION HIMAGE PINGPONG MODE-2 Resolution – single look 30 m 16 m 3 m 15 m 1 m Resolution – standard multi-look 100 m 30 m 5 m 15 m Swath 200 km >2,000 km 100 km >2,000 km 40 km >2,000 km 30 km >2,000 km 10 x 10 km Strip length SCANSAR STRIPMAP SPOTLIGHT

Multiple modes Wide Field Narrow Field SCANSAR HUGEREGION 200 x 200km 100m resolution WIDEREGION 100 x 100 km 30m resolution STRIPMAP HIMAGE 40 X 40 km 3—15m resolution PINGPONG 30 x 30 km 15m resolution SPOTLIGHT 10 x 10 km 1m resolution Tokyo, Landsat 7 ETM+

Very High Resolution, 20º–59º

High Resolution Capability With 400 MHz of Chirp Bandwith, very high resolution is guaranteed at low incidence angles

High quality images

Po River delta Image owned by ASI and Italian MoD

Mount Etna Image owned by ASI and Italian MoD

Migliore capacità di individuare gli edifici, le infrastrutture, le strade… Image owned by ASI and Italian MoD Image owned by ASI and Italian MoD

Fast response time Fixed (C-UGS) & mobile (C-MAPS) terminals External stations (X band + S band for TT&C) Direct downlink service Directly receive raw data at customer ground station Encryption key Station setup support Operator training Kiruna Matera Cordoba

Large daily area collection Each satellite can acquire, on a daily basis: Up to 75 SPOTLIGHT images Up to 375 STRIPMAP or 150 SCANSAR images or 80 HUGEREGION Daily total for 4 satellite constellation: 1800 cloud free images, e.g.: 300 SPOTLIGHT images = 30,000 km2 at 1m resolution PLUS 1500 STRIPMAP images = 2,400,000 km2 at 5m resolution 560 GBytes/day Peak operational profile: on a single orbit: up to 10 minutes continuous operations in StriMap or ScanSAR Mode up to 20 consecutive images in Spotlight Mode any linear combination of the above

Unmatched revisit 48 7 Daily acquisition opportunities, with 4 satellites 4 7 48

Fast response time SAR Image Request Submission Planning Image Acquisition Data Downlink Process- ing Time (hours) 24 (12 in crisis) 16 (8 in crisis) 0 —> 13 0 —> 4 < 1 Processed Image Uplink Downlink SAR Image

Continuity between acquisitions Minimum interval between two successive datatakes or images STRIPMAP or SCANSAR SPOTLIGHT 20º 39 Km 3 seconds 59º 66 Km 3 seconds

Polarimetric capability Polarization modes enable better target discrimination and improved classification STRIPMAP mode in PINGPONG configuration 15m resolution, 30km swath HH, VV or HH,HV or VV, VH Application areas: Agriculture: crop monitoring, yield estimates Marine Surveillance: ship detection, marine pollution Defence: terrestrial surveillance, target identification Mapping: geological, land use, wetlands, topographic mapping Sea Ice: mapping, iceberg detection, ship routing

Multi-Polarization: Ice Classification HH VV HV Selective polarization modes provide more information from a single band

SAR Standard Products Level 1A Level 0 Level 1B Level 1C/1D Level 1C Level 1D Examples from ERS–1

Spotlight product Level 0 Level 1A Level 1B Level 1C/D Swath (km) 10 Incidence ~20º — ~59º Polarization Selectable from HH, VV Data size (Mb) 750—1500 700—1450 841 ≤1682 Equivalent looks n/a 1 Ground range resolution (m) ≤1 Azimuth resolution (m) Geolocation accuracy (m) ≤25 ≤25 / ≤15

2 polarimetric channels with: HH, VV or HH, HV or VV, VH Polarimetric product Level 0 Level 1A Level 1B Level 1C/D Swath (km) 30 Incidence ~20º — ~59º Polarization 2 polarimetric channels with: HH, VV or HH, HV or VV, VH Data size (Mb) 120—200 430—650 45—70 ≤140 Equivalent looks n/a 1 ~3.7 Ground range resolution (m) ≤15 ≤20 Azimuth resolution (m) Geolocation accuracy (m) ≤25 ≤25 / ≤15

Selectable from HH, HV, VH, VV Stripmap product Level 0 Level 1A Level 1B Level 1C/D Swath (km) 40 Incidence ~20º — ~59º Polarization Selectable from HH, HV, VH, VV Data size (Mb) 800—1250 1150—1800 390—590 ≤1118 Equivalent looks n/a 1 ~3 Ground range resolution (m) ≤3 ≤5 Azimuth resolution (m) Geolocation accuracy (m) ≤25 ≤25 / ≤15

Selectable from: HH, HV, VH or VV ScanSAR Wide product Level 0 Level 1A Level 1B Level 1C/D Swath (km) 100 Incidence ~20º — ~59º Polarization Selectable from: HH, HV, VH or VV Data size (Mb) 840—1100 1300—1800 85—150 ≤300 Equivalent looks n/a 1 ~13 Ground range resolution (m) ≤7 ≤30 Azimuth resolution (m) ≤16 Geolocation accuracy (m)

Selectable from: HH, HV, VH or VV ScanSAR Huge product Level 0 Level 1A Level 1B Level 1C/D Swath (km) 200 Incidence ~20º — ~59º Polarization Selectable from: HH, HV, VH or VV Data size (Mb) 460—590 580—730 28—40 ≤80 Equivalent looks n/a 1 ~13 Ground range resolution (m) ≤20 ≤100 Azimuth resolution (m) ≤30 Geolocation accuracy (m)

COSMO-SkyMed Revisit Analysis for Monitoring Services Version 7 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL

Number of cumulative acquisitions in 1 week Target monitoring @ 1 m Caspian Sea Number of cumulative acquisitions in 1 week 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 1 2 3 4 6 7 COSMO-SkyMed 1 COSMO-SkyMed 1+2 COSMO-SkyMed 1+2+3+4 40

COSMO-SkyMed 1 COSMO-SkyMed 2 COSMO-SkyMed 3 COSMO-SkyMed 4 Left look AM Asc PM Desc AM Asc PM Desc AM Asc PM Desc AM Asc PM Desc AM Asc PM Desc AM Asc PM Desc AM Asc PM Desc Left look COSMO-SkyMed 1 Right look Left look COSMO-SkyMed 2 Right look Left look COSMO-SkyMed 3 Right look Left look COSMO-SkyMed 4 Right look 1 Dec 2007 2 Dec 2007 3 Dec 2007 4 Dec 2007 5 Dec 2007 6 Dec 2007 7 Dec 2007

Mapping Zhejiang region (China) 100,000 Km2 Only Right looking for mapping consistency Himage strips @ 3 m Example of COSMO-SkyMed 1 Himage strips on 4 Dec 2007

Mapping Mission Himage strips (3 m) COSMO-SkyMed 1 14 days COSMO-SkyMed 1+2 8 days COSMO-SkyMed 1+2+3+4 4 days Approximate number of days needed to complete the area (starting 1 Dec 2007)

Monitoring Sicily channel 210,000 Km2 Scansar Wideregion @ 16 m Example of COSMO-SkyMed 1 Scansar strips on 1 Dec 2007

Monitoring Cumulative Km2 that maximize the coverage in 1 week time Mission Area monitored COSMO-SkyMed 1 690,000 Km2 COSMO-SkyMed 1+2 1,420,000 Km2 COSMO-SkyMed 1+2+3+4 2,820,000 Km2

Ice Monitoring Combined use of Multi Satellite SAR platforms / Multi imaging modes Data Delivery: <2 hours from sensing Data Characteristics: Resolution: 1-150m Ortho Integration with Optical VHR Revisit: weekly Data Delivery: GIS ready 16m QuickLook in less than 12 hours from sensing, full resolution image in less than 24 hours Resolution: 0.50-16m

Thank you An Operational System giorgio.apponi@e-geos.it PERFORMANCE CONTINUITY RELIABILITY Thank you giorgio.apponi@e-geos.it