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Communication project by Gaetano Ferretti Space Economy Andrea Sommariva SDA Bocconi See Lab The Capital of Geodesy Space Geodesy Centre ASI - Matera Perito Moreno glacier Patagonia Column research&innovation OSMO-SKYMED@ASI, ELABORATO E-GEOS SPA OSMO-SKYMED@ASI, ELABORATO H C P Excerpt from the four-month period - year 11 - number 31 - July 2018 - of Platinum “Business Leaders - ROC n. 24344 of 11 March 2014 - Responsible Director Ivo A. Nardella - FREE COPY A. Nardella Ivo 2014 - Responsible Director “Business Leaders - ROC n. 24344 of 11 March 11 - number 31 July 2018 of Platinum period - year Excerpt from the four-month the cover Roberto Battiston COPERTINA BATTISTON.indd 2 05/09/18 10:04 SIASGE: ARGENTINE AND ITALIAN RADARS IN SPACE 10 minute interval COSMO-SkyMed (Italia) SAOCOM (Argentina) Banda X Banda L Polar orbit Observations every 12 hours COSMO-SkyMed Two satellites (Italia) from SIASGE can see the same point on Earth on the same day Argentina’s National Space Activities Com- tion for mapping terrestrial topography and mission (CONAE) established the SAOCOM identifying surface movements. With the mission in order to meet information re- SAOCOM 1A and 1B observation satellites, COSMO-SkyMed (Italia) quirements for the socio-productive sec- Argentina is set to complete the SIASGE tors considered in the National Space Plan, Satellite System, which has a constellation as well as to integrate operationally the of four Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites. Italian-Argentine System of Satellites for The System is the only one of its kind in the Emergency Management (SIASGE), which world. SAOCOM 1A is scheduled for launch was set up through a collaboration between on 7th October, 2018, with SAOCOM 1B due Argentina’s CONAE and Italy’s ASI space to follow in 2019. The SAOCOM satellites agencies. The main objectives of the SAO- will be controlled and managed from the COSMO-SkyMed COM Mission are firstly to obtain CONAE Teófilo Tabanera Space Cen- SAOCOM (Italia) (Argentina) soil moisture maps for im- tre’s Mission Control located in portant practical applica- the province of Córdoba. The tions in agriculture and data will be received and hydrology, and secondly then sent to users in Argen- to obtain useful informa- tina and around the world. [email protected] www.conae.gov.ar TABELLARE CONAE_DOPPIA.indd 2 04/09/18 16:25 TABELLARE CONAE_DOPPIA.indd 3 04/09/18 16:25 the cover Roberto Battiston Italy and Argentina - space to be shared his is an important a complex growth process, in ASI plays a crucial phase for South Amer- which Italy has played a crucial role as regards ican space research, role over the last twenty years - and for the Argentin- this can be seen in the very name the development Tian one in particular. Within a of the programme of which the month, the launch of the fi rst sat- satellite launch is part, SIASGE, of the space sector ellite of the SAOCOM constella- which stands for Italian-Argen- in the South tion (on 29th September from the tine Satellite System for Environ- Vanderberg Base in the USA) will mental Emergency Management American country, be followed by the third Interna- and Economic Development. tional Space Forum, planned for And the Forum itself - following which will host 1st November in Buenos Aires, on from those in Trento in 2016 the Forum on which, on this occasion, will focus and Nairobi in 2017 - came out of on the Latin America Countries. the stimulus provided by the Ital- 1st November These two events are part of ian Space Diplomacy. One of the leading fi gures in this process is Roberto Battis- ton, President of ASI - Italian Space Agency. In 2016, at the time of the fi rst Forum, he was Vice-President of IAF (a position now fi lled by another Italian, Ga- briella Arrigo). “The outcome of DAVID PARKER HUMAN AND ROBOTIC ESA FLIGHT MANAGER WITH ROBERTO BATTISTON FOR THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT space programmes is concrete- ly achieved many years after in- vestments are made, - says Mr waves, to create an innovative sector as delicate as that of emer- to see to other strategic sectors, Battiston - “the fi rst agreements constellation of satellites”. This gencies. “At that time - con- such as agriculture, for example. between us and Argentina were was the operating strategy giv- tinues the President - Argenti- On the basis of these shared ob- OSMO-SKYMED@ASI, ELABORATO E-GEOS SPA OSMO-SKYMED@ASI, ELABORATO H C reached in the 1990s, when It- ing rise to the COSMO-SkyMed na decided to invest with us in a jectives, Italy invested 52 P aly was beginning to operate on system, which now has four sat- similar programme, but based on million Euro in Argentina, LOS RIOS ECUADOR IMAGINE COSMO SKYMED ASI – E-GEOS the X-band, that is, using short ellites in orbit, and operates in a L-band, of about 30 centimetres, to contribute to its mission PLATINUM PLATINUM LA COPERTINA_ING.indd 2 04/09/18 16:40 LA COPERTINA_ING.indd 3 04/09/18 16:40 the network of international ties the cover to this Country as well, with Ita- ly enjoying a signifi cant presence for some time. “Downstream”, i.e. the transformation of satel- – a signifi cant contribution available, against the possibility to is the most advanced country in lite data into economic value, for establishing a collab- use data from the SAOCOM sys- terms of space industry, thanks is now the watchword of space oration relationship that tem and the Argentinian Space in particular to the relation- economy: it represents a sector has been strategic for us for more Center in Cordoba, as well as ships set up with us over recent employing thousands of people, than ten years now”. Thanks to a SAOCOM data related to specif- years”. Obviously, the presence and we are very proud to be one joint plan involving orbits, obser- ic geographical areas on an exclu- of Italian space technology with- of the leading countries in this vation angles and return times, sive basis. “Following the launch in an international setting is al- fi eld”. Starting from these prem- the SIASGE system’s purpose is of the fi rst Italian-Argentinian ways the result of teamwork, in ises, the Buenos Aires Forum - to to integrate data and applications satellite, a double constellation is which the essential institution- which all Latin American Coun- deriving from the two satellite now in orbit, both on the X and al contribution is combined with tries, from Mexico down, have constellations: COSMO-SkyMed the L band - explains Mr Battis- that of private operators. “Di- been invited, and that will also and SAOCOM. The architecture ton - a powerful, signifi cant situa- plomacy therefore means exten- be attended by the major Euro- of this cooperation is based on a tion in a sector in which there are sive work at an Embassy level, pean members of the Esa - opens merged and balanced range of few satellites, because they are which has been carried on fruit- with excellent prospects. “And contributions: ASI contributes complex and expensive to build. fully since the 1990s. But Ital- so, quite frankly, it should be said to building the Argentinian sat- Besides advantages for Italy, an ian industry is already at work in that the almost simultaneous oc- ellites, offers the data from the operation of this kind enables Ar- Argentina, thanks to a joint ven- currence of the fi rst SAOCOM COSMO-SkyMed system, and gentina to enjoy a high profi le ture with local companies: this is launch was a stoke of good for- makes its Matera Space Center in South America, since today it a relevant sign, because it extents tune: because when a new satel- lite is put into orbit, it is not al- ways easy to set certain dates far in advance, whereas the date for the Forum was set long time ago. Having said this, the Forum provides each participant with a range of interesting opportu- nities. In terms of space invest- ments, developing countries have problems of political coherence, because there is no equivalent of Esa in Africa or Latin America. Therefore, their choice to meet around the table is highly appre- About Roberto Battiston ciated, to talk about technologi- cal opportunities as well as train- Roberto Battiston was appointed President of the Italian Space Agency ing. Thanks to events like these, in May 2014, by the Education, University, and Research Minister, Ste- developing countries may be- fania Giannini. He was born in Trento, graduated with honours at the gin to take part in a process of Normale University in Pisa, was Dean of Experimental Physics at Trento high-level training, which is very University, and President of the INFN’s Commission II for Astroparticle OSMO-SKYMED@ASI, ELABORATO E-GEOS SPA OSMO-SKYMED@ASI, ELABORATO H C different from being subject to Physics. He is a member of the Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics P the infl uence of more advanced and Application, the new INFN National Centre. countries, or simply acquiring “For 35 years I was strictly a researcher in the particle physics sector - technologies. On the other hand, says the President - and then I turned to space, especially dealing with we, who represent countries with questions related to matter and anti-matter. Two crucial questions re- greater space expertise, can pro- main close to my heart: on the one hand, the role of research as a tool vide signifi cant stimuli for de- for growth and development, and on the other, the relationship between veloping countries, and achieve space and the business world”.