Boeing has successfully launched the last in a series of four SkyMed spacecraft for the Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO).
Boeing launched the satellite atop a Delta II rocket procured from United Launch Alliance.
The COSMO SkyMed-4 spacecraft was placed into low-Earth orbit about 58 minutes after lift-off.
Thales Alenia Space developed the COSMO-SkyMed programme for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence.
The programme is an end-to-end Earth-observation, civil and military system comprised of four medium-sized satellites and supporting ground stations, which provide orbit control systems, data reception and processing.
The system will take images of the Earth using an X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument capable of operating in all visibility conditions.
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