Satellite Constellation

COSMO-SkyMed 1 and 2 are positioned at 180° from each other, meanwhile COSMO-SkyMed 3 and 2 at 67.5° in the so-called "one-day interferometry configuration".

In this configuration the first and second satellite allow an interferometric repeat cycle of 8 days and the third and second satellite make possible interferometric acquisitions with a decorrelation time equal to only 1 day, the third and fourth satellite make possible interferometric acquisitions with a decorrelation time equal to only 1 day. This's why COSMO-SkyMed is very useful for disaster emergency observation.

Specification



  • Repeat cycle
    8 / 4 / 3 / 1 days


  • Center frequency
    9.60 GHz / X band


  • Wavelength
    3 cm


  • Look direction
    L & R


  • Incidence angle
    20 to 59.5°


  • Imaging mode
    5 types


  • Resolution
    1 to 30 m


  • Polarization
    Single / Dual

Imaging Modes

Imaging Modes

Beam mode Polarization Resolution ( m ) Standard Scene Size ( km )
Multilook Singlelook
Spotlight-2 HH or VV or HV or VH - 1 10 X 10
HH or VV or HV or VH - 1 7 X 7
StripMap Himage HH or VV or HV or VH 5 3 40 X 40
Pingpong HH/VV or HH/HV or VV/VH or VH/VV 20 15 30 X 30
ScanSAR Wide HH or VV or HV or VH 30 16 100 X 100
Huge HH or VV or HV or VH 100 30 200 X 200

Programming Services

Programming level Description
Standard Standard Order must be sent before 12:00 UTC two days before start of collection window.
Fast Order must be sent before 03:00 UTC one day before start of collection window.
Emergency Orders must be sent before 16:30 UTC one day before start of collection window.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation notice Description
Standard or fast programming Before 10 am UTC the day before the start of the requested collection window.
After 10 am UTC the day before the start of the requested collection window.
Emergency programming Cannot be cancelled

Processing Services

Processing Level Description
Standard Within three working days from acquisition / order from Archive
Fast Within one working day from acquisition / order from Archive
Near Real-Time ( NRT ) Within 1 to 8 hours from data availability at station ( If this time is exceeded, only the relevant processing and delivery fee will apply – Standard or Fast )