00133 - Roma (RM). The first satellite of the constellation was launched on June 7th, 2007, from the U.S. base of Vandenberg, California, where the second satellite was also launched on December 9th, 2007. It will be possible to conduct a new, high-resolution technical and thematic cartography thanks to the characteristics of the images provided by the COSMO-SkyMed system. The space segment is made up of a 4-satellite constellation, equipped with high-resolution SAR (synthetic aperture radar) sensors operating in the X-ray band and equipped with a highly flexible and innovative acquisition and data transmission system. ASI was founded in 1988 in order to coordinate the Italian efforts and investments in the space sector that had begun in the 1960s. COSMO-Skymed’s real strength is its extraordinary flexibility of use. The COSMO-SkyMed system has been conceived as a multi-mission system, capable of integrating with other space systems in order to meet the needs of a wide community of users, and can operate in each of the following three modes: Nominal operating mode, where the planning takes place every 24 hours. The PRISMA space segment consists in a single small class spacecraft, with a mass of about 830 kg, placed [ ... ]. The monitoring of agricultural and forest resources. COSMO-SkyMed allows a global coverage of our planet, by operating under any weather and lighting (day/night) conditions, and provides geolocated images with a high spatial resolution and fast response times. The SHALOM Mission is a joint initiative of the Israel Space Agency and the ASI - The Italian Space Agency. The Committee, which includes representatives from the scientific community, institutional users and the European Space Agency (ESA), has the task to provide technical-scientific assessments and strategic support, by assisting the ASI during the development, implementation and operation of the missions, provided that they reflect the requirements of the users and their evolutions. This measure follows the relevant resolution licensed by the ASI’s board of directors on November 14th, 2014. It also is involved at the international level. The COSMO-SkyMed includes a space segment and a ground-based segment. The following team of companies is in charge of the implementation of the Programme: Alenia Spazio S.p.A., now Thales Alenia Space-Italia (TAS-I), in the role of first contractor and in charge of the turnkey supply of the entire System – Telespazio S.p.A., in charge of the manufacture and supply of the civil and military ground-based segment, as well as the monitoring infrastructure of the costellation – A significant number of small and medium-sized enterprises. The ground-based segment is made up of infrastructures for the management and monitoring of the entire constellation and for the reception, storage, processing and distribution of products. The main fields of expected benefits of hyperspectral data are the following: - forest analysis (e.g., forest disturbance, forest fires, forest classification, biomass analysis), - precision agriculture (e.g., crop mapping, crop rotation, crop stress analysis, fertilization), - inland and coastal waters (e.g., Water quality, chlorophyll monitoring, alga bloom), - climate change and environmental research (e.g., desertification, deforestation, vegetation stress, environmental degradation and hazards). PRISMA was developed by a Temporary Joint Venture of companies, led by OHB Italy, responsible for the mission and management of the three main segments (land, flight and launch), and Leonardo, which built the electro-optical instrumentation. – A limited number of European and U.S. suppliers. Its purpose was to coordinate all of Italy's efforts and investments in the space sector that had begun in the 1960s. PRISMA (Hyperspectral Precursor of the Application Mission), mission fully funded by Italian Space Agency (ASI), is an Earth Observation system with innovative, electro-optical instrumentation that combine a hyperspectral sensor with a medium-resolution panchromatic camera. The following team of companies is in charge of the implementation of the Programme: Alenia Spazio S.p.A., now Thales Alenia Space-Italia (TAS-I), in the role of first contractor and in charge of the turnkey supply of the entire System – Telespazio S.p.A., in charge of the manufacture and supply of the civil and military ground-based segment, as well as the monitoring infrastructure of the costellation – A … The possibility to quickly change the planning of the acquisitions based on the requests by the final user and to operate under any weather and lighting conditions, the time spans for revisit of just a few hours and the delivery of processed products in a very short time make COSMO-SkyMed particularly suitable to provide important information, especially during the crisis phase, to those who plan and carry out the support and rescue operations and those who are in charge of damage assessment. The second generation of the COSMO-SkyMed satellite is currently under development. A cura di MIUR - Direzione Generale per il coordinamento la promozione e la valorizzazione della ricerca, NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), CGS - Centro di Geodesia Spaziale Giuseppe Colombo, Space education: the 2017 edition of Mission X begins, The Rosetta spacecraft finds life ingredients on comet 67P, Space: collaboration agreement signed between Italy and Argentina, Ministry of Education, University and Research, Directorate General for Research Coordination, Promotion and Valorization. It is a public administration supervised by the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) and it works collaborating with various ministries. The system is able to capture up to 450 photos of the Earth’s surface per day, which are equal to 1.800 radar images every 24 hours. The COSMO-SkyMed satellites’ability to use horizontally and vertically polarized signals, both in transmission and in reception, allows to improve land classification and crop monitoring during the growth stage, also with the aim to optimize harvests. The continuous observation over time of a specific area, during the day and at night, also under cloudy conditions, allows to assess the surface deformations of the territory, by providing to the relevant bodies for risk management a new and valuable prevention and monitoring tool. Furthermore, ASI has contributed significantly to space exploration by building scientific instruments that are aboard NASA and ESA probes bound for discovering the secrets of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The COSMO-SkyMed constellation is capable of acquiring up to 1800 images per day. MORE... Astronomical forces such as solid Earth’s tides play an active role on plate tectonics: this is the results of a research conducted by the Sapienza University of Rome, the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). In the civil sector, Italy is currently working with Argentina to develop the SIASGE, Italian-Argentine System of Satellites for Emergency Management, which was born in 2005 from an agreement between the ASI and its Argentinian counterpart (CONAE). Operating mode where the planning takes place every 12 hours. The system was completed on November 5th, 2010 (November 6th in Italy) with the launch of the fourth and last satellite, still from the U.S. base of Vandenberg, California. The telecommunications and satellite navigation market, just to mention one application sector,  is expanding continuously. Se vuoi saperne di più o negare il consenso a tutti o ad alcuni cookie, consulta la cookie policy. The... ULTRASAT . Asynchronous operating mode, activated in exceptional circumstances, with the purpose to obtain an acquisition as soon as possible. Its four satellites are its four “eyes”, capable of observing the Earth from space, meter by meter, day and night, under any weather conditions, with the purpose to foresee landslides and floods, coordinate rescues in the event of an earthquake or fires and monitor crisis areas from above. Furthermore, the system constitutes a valuable support to control sea traffic. The possibility to control the forest heritage, whose destruction is very harmful to the quality of air and to the planet Earth, is particularly interesting.. Because of ASI's efforts, Italy is playing a major role in this exemplary human enterprise. MORE... Now that the commissioning phase and the calibration/validation activities have been completed PRISMA is finally ready to open the mission exploitation by the user community. This body is made up of seven members: professor Pierfrancesco Lombardo (president); professor Bernardo de Bernardinis; doctor Riccardo Lanari; doctor Nuno Miranda, engineer Paola Pagliara, professor Claudio Prati; doctor Betlem Rosich. Currently, no satellite system can boast such advanced features. Environmental tests have been successfully performed in Tolouse, [ ... ], PRISMA represents the perfect synthesis of an industrial system, of research and complete planning. The agency cooperates with numerous national and international entities who are active in aerospace research and technology. The Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy. Its radar images of some of 2008’s biggest natural catastrophes, such as the Nargis cyclone in Myanmar, the earthquake in China and the Hannah and Ike hurricanes in Haiti were used by the United Nations and the humanitarian organizations involved in supporting the population. In particular ASI has the leadership in the European VEGA programme, the small rocket fully designed in Italy.