Company Overview and COSMOSkyMed Programme

RESTEC Forum 2022
Luciana Di Domenico, Defence & Intelligence and COSMO-SkyMed
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LoB Geoinformation
80%

20%

Contract
COSMO-SkyMed
exclusive worldwide rights
AssetsPeople

67%

33%
100% e-GEOS

Geoinformation+600+

50% in Italy,
50% ROW+120M € Revenues

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Company InternalGeo-information Downstream Services Value Chain

DATA OPERATORDATA ACCESS HUB

CONTENT DEVELOPER

Multi-source earth
observation datadistributions

Data Analysis and Integration& Geography Layers
Production

SERVICES AND
PLATFORM PROVIDERCONSULTANTGlobal 24/7& NRT Monitoring
Matera Space Center

Management of Earth
Observation Receiving
Ground Segment
GEODESY – Earth Observation NRT Maritime – Emergency Multiple Sensors
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Company InternalGeoinformation Digital
Services & AI EO solutions
based on multi sensors & Big
Data

Projects Fed byInternational Funding
Institutions

e-GEOS & GAF Premises

170 people

111 people

3 people

204 people

32 people

Headquarter

Space Centre

Space Centre

GAF Headquarter

GAF/DLR StationROME

MATERASCANZANO

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MUNICH

NEUSTERLITZ

e-GEOS Matera Space Centere-GEOS Matera Space Center is the infrastructure
for operational services

TO RECEIVE, GENERATESTORE AND DISSEMINATE
EARTH OBSERVATION DATAEMERGENCY
MANAGEMENTSERVICES

NRT MARITIMESERVICESGLOBAL 24/7 &NRT MONITORING

MULTIPLE SENSORS(SENTINEL, COSMO-SKYMED, ECC..)SPACE GEODESYANALYSIS CENTER

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CLEOS and the Digital Solutions for Vertical Services
HIGHBig DataAnalysis

InformationProductsMARITIMESURVEILLANCEDEFENCE AND
INTELLIGENCEAGRICULTURE
MANAGEMENTASSETMANAGEMENTEMERGENCY
MANAGEMENTThe online marketplace to access geo information Analytics & Geoinformation Digital Service,driving the e-GEOS digital transformation process of its portfolio

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Value
Addes
Services

DataLOWSatellite Data AccessFederation of assets is a fundamental feature for application platforms and theevolution path to information products and Geospatial digital services

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COSMO-SkyMed

3 COSMO First Generation + 2 COSMO Second Generation
Operational Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites

1500+300+ 1800

Spotlight per day

Stripmap per day

Large area coverage
at global scale

Left/Right
LookingFastest
Revisit Time

Scenes per day

All weather
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e-GEOS is theexclusive global commercial distributor
for COSMO-SkyMed constellation

All COSMO-SkyMed images © ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
e-GEOS S.p.A – L.O. Contrada Terlecchie snc – Matera / HQ Via Tiburtina, 965 – Romamaria.angelucci@e-GEOS.it@e_geose-geos@egeosEOCompany Internal@e_geosCOSMO-SkyMedAxel Oddone, Head of COSMO-SkyMed and Satellite DataCompany Internal

COSMO-SkyMed system• The most advanced SAR satellites on the market, providing
unique imaging capabilities••••

System owned by ASI and IMOD
Built by Thales Alenia Space Italia and Telespazio
Operations by Telespazio and e-GEOS
e-GEOS is the exclusive worldwide commercial reseller• Currently 3 satellites of first generation (CSK) + 2 satellites ofsecond generation (CSG)• Huge archive of data since 2008

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COSMO-SkyMed satellites• The first 4 CSK satellites launched between 2007 and 2010••

CSK3 deorbited on 01 May 2022
Oher 3 satellites still operational• First CSG satellite launched on 18 Dec 2019, fully operational since 18 Jan 2021
• Second CSG launched on 31 Jan 2022•

Currently in OQ phase, fully available starting from 10 Aug 2022

• Third and Fourth CSG satellites construction contract signed end 2020
• Lessons learned from CSK
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Enhanced geometric resolution
Multi polarization options
Enhanced geolocation accuracy
7 years lifetime
Higher agility of the platform
Higher operative profiles
Control moment gyro and other unique high-end technologies

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COSMO-SkyMed orbital configuration

COSMO-SkyMed 2• All satellites on the same sunsynchronous orbit• Ascending acquisitions at about
6 AM local time
• Descending acquisitions atabout 6 PM local time

COSMO-SkyMed 4COSMO-SkyMed SG-2

45°

67,5°

• Minimum revisit 12 hours, but there
are several acquisitions within ashort orbital interval

45°
COSMO-SkyMed SG-1
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CSG Spotlight-2A• Resolution:• Azimuth: 0,3 m• Ground range: 0,5 m• Image size: 3,5 x 7 Km
• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HV or VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°• NESZ: -20 / -23,5 dB
CSK Spotlight-2A has 0,7 m range resolution and5x7 Km image size, and has only single polarization.
Access to this imaging mode subject to ad hocauthorization

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CSG Spotlight-2B• Resolution:• Azimuth: 0,6 m• Ground range: 0,6 m• Image size: 10 x 10 Km• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HV or VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°• NESZ: -22 dB

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CSG Spotlight-2C• Resolution:

Spotlight-2B

Spotlight-2A• Azimuth: 0,8 m• Ground range: 0,8 m
Image size: 5 x 10 Km• • Resolution:• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HV or VV+VH• Azimuth: 0,3 m• Incidence range: 20-60°•Groundrange:0,5m• NESZ: -19 / -22 dB• Image size: 3,5 x 7 Km
• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HVor VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°• Resolution:• Azimuth: 0,6 m• Ground range: 0,6 m• Image size: 10 x 10 Km• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HVor VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°
Access to this imaging mode subject to ad hoc authorization

Access to this imaging mode subject to ad hoc authorization

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CSK
CSKSpotlight-2
Spotlight-2• •Resolution:Resolution:

Spotlight-2B• •Azimuth:
Azimuth:1m
1m

Spotlight-2A• •Ground
Groundrange:
range:
1m1m•ImageImagesize:
size:
1010
x 10x 10KmKm• •Resolution:• •Polarization:
Polarization:
HHHH
oror
VVVV
• Azimuth: 0,6 m• •Incidence
Incidence
range:
range:
20-60°
20-60°•Groundrange:
0,6m• •NESZ:
NESZ:-21-21dBdB• Image size: 10 x 10 Km• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HVor VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°• Resolution:• Azimuth: 0,3 m• Ground range: 0,5 m• Image size: 3,5 x 7 Km
• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HVor VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°

Access to this imaging mode subject to ad hoc authorization

Access to this imaging mode subject to ad hoc authorization

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CSG Stripmap
Spotlight-2A• Resolution:• Azimuth: 3 m• Resolution:• Azimuth: 0,3 m• Ground range: 0,5 m• Image size: 3,5 x 7 Km
• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HVor VV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°• Ground range: 3 m• Image size: 40 x 40 Km• Polarization: HH or VV or HH+HV orVV+VH• Incidence range: 20-60°• NESZ: -22 dB
CSK has only single-polAccess to this imaging mode subject to ad hoc authorization

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Product options• Processing levels:• Level 1A (SCS) - Single look
• Level 1B (DGM) - Path oriented• Level 1C (GEC) - Georeferenced• Level 1D (GTC) - Terrain Corrected• CSG has selection of 3 multilooking levels• e.g. Stripmap with 1x1 (3x3 m), 2x2 (5,6x6,2 m),4x4 (11,2x12 m)• Image formats: hdf5, GeoTIFF, JPG (CSK), JPG2000(CSG), STANAG (CSG)• Each CSG polarization is a separate product (and aseparate Record Number in the catalogue)

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Conclusions
Conclusions• CSK/CSG offer the best performanceand image quality on the SAR market,
that can not be matched by any small• satellite
Best performance and imagequality
on themarket, thatcan notuse• Uniqueresolution
for civilianbe• matchedbyanysmallsatellite
Dual and Quad polarization• Uniqueresolution
forcivilianuse• Interferometric modes (also withst generation)• Dual1and
Quad polarization• High geolocation accuracy

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All COSMO-SkyMed images © ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
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