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CSG-2
Next-Gen SAR Imaging · ASI / Italian Ministry of Defence
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The second COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite completes Italy's upgraded radar constellation, achieving sub-6-hour revisit over any Mediterranean target. Italy now operates one of the world's most capable Earth observation systems — serving both military intelligence and civilian environmental monitoring from the same two-satellite constellation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 389–390 mi (626–628 km)
- Inclination
- 97.9°
- One orbit
- 97.1 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 51444
- Int’l designator
- 2022-008A
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 8 Nov 2026.
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