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

2. An Operational System PERFORMANCE CONTINUITY RELIABILITY 2007 2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
CSM launched 7 June 2007
CSM-2 scheduled 5 Dec
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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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

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

7. 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

8. 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+

9. Very High Resolution, 20º–59º

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

11. High quality images

12. Po River delta
Image owned by ASI and Italian MoD

13. Mount Etna
Image owned by ASI and Italian MoD

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

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Multi-Polarization: Ice ClassificationHH VV HV
Selective polarization modes provide more information from a single band

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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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)

27. 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)

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

29. Number of cumulative acquisitions in 1 week
Target 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 40

30. COSMO-SkyMed 1 COSMO-SkyMed 2 COSMO-SkyMed 3 COSMO-SkyMed 4 Left lookAM
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

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

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

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

34. 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
2,820,000 Km2

35. 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: m

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