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ARGENTINA - BELGIUM COOPERATION ON THE SAOCOM MISSION. Christian BARBIER Centre Spatial de Liège - Université de Liège. CONTENTS. 1. Argentina - Belgium Cooperation in Space 2. The SAOCOM Mission 3. CONAE-CSL Cooperation on Polarimetric SAR 4. Tentative Schedule. 1. ARGENTINA - BELGIUM
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ARGENTINA - BELGIUM COOPERATION ON THE SAOCOM MISSION Christian BARBIER Centre Spatial de Liège - Université de Liège
CONTENTS 1. Argentina - Belgium Cooperation in Space 2. The SAOCOM Mission 3. CONAE-CSL Cooperation on Polarimetric SAR 4. Tentative Schedule
1. ARGENTINA - BELGIUM COOPERATIONIN SPACE Buenos Aires, 1 April 1997 Déclaration d’Intérêt en Matière de Coopération Spatiale Liège, 3 October 1997 Convention de Coopération Relative aux Activités Spatiales Buenos Aires, 23 October 2000 Accord Spécifique - Projet SAOCOM
2. THE SAOCOM MISSION Mass : 800 kg Orbit : 620 km, 97.9 deg., Sun-synchroneous, 6 days revisit time Launch : June 2003 Payload : - L-band polarimetric (HH-VV) SAR - Hyperspectral technological camera - High-sensitivity panchromatic camera - Panchromatic camera
3. CONAE-CSL COOPERATION ON POLARIMETRIC SAR Simulated SAOCOM SAR/ScanSAR raw data (Implementation Plan) Polarimetric SAR/ScanSAR processor Post-processing tools (incl. InSAR/DInSAR processor) (Contract) (Subcontract) Upgrades for near-real time and parallel processing
4. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE PDR - Simulated raw data availability March 2001 (Belgium) Users meeting - Tools definition July 2001 (Argentina) CDR - SAR processor prototype December 2001 (Belgium) SAR processor delivery July 2002 (Argentina) SAR processor testing November 2002 (Argentina + Belgium) SAOCOM launch June 2003 Tools delivery September 2003 (Argentina) End of commissionning phase December 2003 (Argentina)