SAOCOM PROJECTa joint Argentine-Italian SAR-L Mission
Mission update 2014 and
outline of the Global Background Mission
Laura FrullaCONAE
CEOS SDCG-5ESRIN, Frascati/Italy Feb 24-26, 2014
COMISION NACIONAL DE ACTIVIDADES ESPACIALES
2CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
Mission Overview
A constellationconstellation of two identical satellites, SAOCOM SAOCOM 1A 1A and SAOCOM 1B, SAOCOM 1B, carrying each one a polarimetric L-band SARpolarimetric L-band SAR instrument (1,275 GHz) (1,275 GHz)
Sun synchronousSun synchronous, nearly circular frozencircular frozen polarpolar orbit (06:12 am LTAN/619.6 km) with identical orbital characteristics as COSMO-SkyMedCOSMO-SkyMed
repeat cycle of repeat cycle of 16 days16 days for each satellite for each satellite (8 days for the constellation)(8 days for the constellation)
Mission target lifetime: 5 years5 years
3CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
Mission Update 2014
Mission Critical Design Review (M-CDRM-CDR) in Nov. 2013 Passed OKPassed OK
Flight Segment Qualification Review Step 1: April 2014
SAR Protoflight Model: March 2015
Flight Segment Qualification Review Step 2: May 2015
Ground Segment Qualification Review: Sept. 2015
Launch Readiness Review: Nov. 2015
Launch schedule:SAOCOM 1A: 2015SAOCOM 1B: 2016
4CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
Satellite and Ground segments
Satellite segment capacity specifications:
Capacity to acquire and downlink >225 images per day per satellite, i.e. >450 for the constellation.
Ground segment capacity specifications:
Average daily number of catalogue consultations: in the order of 5000
The CONAE user Service shall be able to handle at least 500 image requests per day. Each request may induce one or more SAOCOM programming requests to be issued to the MOC.
The CONAE user Service shall be able to process 200 SAOCOM products per day, inside the response time, up to level 1D products.
5CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Baseline mission
Fixed acquisitions:
• For soil moisture
– over the Pampas (main Argentinian region dedicated to agriculture and cattle – 83 Mha)
• Sensor calibration
– Specific point targets in Argentina and Italy (Europe)
– Homogeneous rain forest areas in the Amazon and Congo basins
6CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Foreground mission
Variable acquisitions (world-wide)
• User requests through CONAE’s Spatial Information Cycles programme (from Argentina and abroad)
• ASI interest area, including exclusivity areaASI Exclusivity Area: Full utilisation rights of SAOCOM
ASI Area of Interest: Rights to use SAOCOM for research, risk management, health applications and Governmental use.
7CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Background mission(referred to the Argentine interest)
To foresee acquisitions of certain valuable data to generate a data base useful for future uses according to available resources
Fixed acquisitions
• Argentinian institutional users
• National acquisition plan developed. Predetermined acquisition plans for (20) dedicated application areas defined by Argentinian institutions and user groups
– Natural resources mapping, Emergency mitigation, volcanoes, maritime surveillance, etc.
8CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM –Background Mission (world wide)
Global Background Mission (GBM)
• GBM currently under development for SAOCOM-1A and SAOCOM-1B
• CONAE thematic objective: Forest biomass
• Building consistent archives over global forests
– First focus: Forests in the pan-tropical zone
– Second focus: Siberian forests
– Third: Others (TBD)
9CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Background Mission (world wide)
Global Background Mission
•Annual dual season pan-tropical observations
10CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Background Mission (world wide)
Global Background Mission
•Annual dual season pan-tropical observations
11CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Background Mission (world wide)
Global Background Mission
•Second priority: Siberian boreal zone
12CEOS SDCG-5Frascati, Italy – Sep 24-26, 2014
SAOCOM – Background Mission (world wide)
Global Background Mission
•Compliant with CEOS/SDCG recommendations
– Repetitive annual observations over the pan-tropical zone
– Dual season (wet and dry)
– Fine spatial resolution (10m)
– Dual polarisation (HH+HV)
•Max acquisition time for GBM 5 min/orbit to minimise impact on high priority observations
•Acquisition planning for SAOCOM-1B has started (Sept 2013)
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