AFTER a postponement of 24 hours is party to 9.54 Italian time, from the european spaceport of Kourou in French guiana, the Soyuz spacecraft carrying the first satellite of Cosmo-Skymed second generation (Csg), the Italian space Agency (Asi) and the ministry of Defense. A project that involves 11 Countries, including Italy, with the university of Padova and Inaf. The satellite Csg, dedicated to the observation of the Earth, was launched together with the probe Cheops, of the european space Agency (Esa), dedicated to the observation of planets outside the solar system.

signals acquired “by the ground station at the Fucino confirm that currently the satellite has reached its polar orbit eliosincrona about 620 km of altitude where, before being operative, shall be subjected to the tests provided for in the orbit. At the end of this stage, the Cosmo-Skymed Sg will become the fifth operational satellite of the constellation, whose first launch took place in June of 2007”, is to know the Asi.

“The new generation of satellites Cosmo-Skymed allows our Country to confirm – said the president of the Italian space Agency Giorgio Bag – an Italian technological excellence, recognized worldwide. The new generation will strengthen the leadership of our Country in the field of Earth observation by satellite and its services and applications, as an effective instrument of economic growth and social well-being”.

“The success of this first launch,” explains Pocket – is an important step aimed at ensuring the continuity and consolidation of an excellent infrastructure, unique in the world, capable of ensuring the most sophisticated monitoring services and observation of our Planet”.

The satellites of the Cosmo-Skymed second generation “represent the state-of-the-art in the field of synthetic aperture radar, able to ensure high performance and reliability unique in the international panorama. The new system of attitude control, the ability to capture the data in quad-polarization, doubling the number of transmit / receive modules, are only some examples of the innovations introduced by the new generation, both from the technological point of view and from the point of view of the operating modes. These innovations will allow a greater operational capacity and new, more effective services and applications for a wide audience of institutional and commercial. The first Cosmo-Skymed second generation will be in about a year, the second satellite, which will be launched with the european carrier, to Italian leadership, Vega C”, specify Asi.

The mission Cheops is a partnership between the Swiss and the scientific programme of the Esa, with important contributions from Italy, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The telescope of Cheops, designed by the researchers of the Inaf Padova and Catania and realized, thanks to the support of the Asi, Leonardo da vinci, Media Lario, and Thales Alenia Space Italy – is based on a reflector in a very compact and optimized for photometric measurements with very high precision. Italy has also a role in the scientific team international, with the participation of the researchers of the Observatories, Inaf, Catania and Padova, and the university of Padua.

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