The COSMO-SkyMed dual use earth observation program: Development, qualification, and results of the commissioning of the overall constellation

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2754-2762

  Caltagirone, Francesco ^a   Capuzi, A ^a   Coletta, Alessandro ^a   De Luca, Giuseppe F ^a   Scorzafava, Edmondo ^a   Leonardi, R ^b   Rivola, Stefano ^b   Fagioli, Sandro ^c   Angino, Giuseppe ^c   Labbate, Michelangelo ^c   Piemontese, Matteo ^c   Zampolini Faustini, Enrico ^c   Torre, Andrea ^c   De Libero, Carlo ^d   Esposito, Pier Giorgio ^d  

^a ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^b Ministry of Defense   (Italy)

^c THALES ALENIA SPACE ITALIA   (Italy)

^d TELESPAZIO S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models (DEM); dual system; earth observing system; ground segment; interoperability expandability multisensor (IEM); low earth orbit satellites; mission planning; RADAR imaging; RADAR polarimetry; response time; revisit time; satellite ground stations; space technology; synthetic aperture RADAR (SAR)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; OBSERVATORIES; RADAR IMAGING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); RISK MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DUAL SYSTEM; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; GROUND SEGMENTS; INTEROPERABILITY-EXPANDABILITY-MULTISENSOR (IEM); LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES; MISSION PLANNING; RADAR POLARIMETRY; REVISIT TIME; SPACE TECHNOLOGIES;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84906946403     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2317287     Document Type: Article

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