Boeing has successfully launched the last of 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 launch.

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 comprising four medium-sized satellites and supporting ground stations that 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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