SAOCOM (SAtélite Argentino de Observación COn Microondas, Spanish for Argentine Microwaves Observation Satellite) is a planned Earth observation satellite series of the Argentine Space Agency CONAE. Two satellites are planned, SAOCOM 1A and SAOCOM 1B. Both will be equipped with a L-band full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). Originally launch was announced for 2010 (1A) and 2011 (1B), but later due to delays in satellites' development both launches were postponed to between 2012 and 2013. Further delays pushed the launches date back tentatively towards 2014 and 2015 respectively for 1A and 1B satellites. Those two satellites along with four X-band SAR equipped COSMO-SkyMed satellites from the Italian Space Agency ASI would conform the Italian-Argentine System of Satellites for Emergency Management (SIASGE) constellation.
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- Lead Nation: Argentina
- Project Website: on CONAE site
- Project Wikipedia Page: on Wikipedia
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