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This paper will present the various programmes for obtaining free or low cost access to data from Pleiades and SPOT 1-5 for science use. Hosford, Steven Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales, France Paper 662 - Session title: Science Access to Commercial EO Data 1Ġ8:00 Programmes for access to Pleiades and SPOT 1-5 for science Scientists that have observational requirements not compatible with the open call for science or others ASI programs mechanism can sign with ASI an agreement for the provision of COSMO-Skymed Recently ASI has decided to provide also free COSMO-SkyMed dataset in the frame of the GFOI initiative for some of the Research and Development activities of the R&D Component. Data quantity depends on each site and data are open to all scientists that intend to contribute to the supersite research activity approved by CEOS and GEO. Etna, Ecuadorian Volcanoes, New Zealand Volcanoes) and also on Event Supersites (Sinabung Volcano and Nepal Earthquake). ASI joined the GSNL initiative in 2012 and since then COSMO-SKyMed data have been provided on all the GEO approved supersites all over the world (Hawaiian Volcanoes, Iceland Volcanoes, Marmara Region, Vesuvio and Campi Flegrei, Mt. In addition free COSMO-Skymed datasets are available for scientists in the framework of the GSNL initiative and for the CEOS Pilot Projects on Disasters Risk Management. The open call for science is always open and scientists can submit proposals via a dedicated web site anytime taking into account that a maximum budget of 100 scenes (mostly form the archive) may be requested. Whit this mechanism ASI intends to promote the use of COSMO-SKyMed data for basic and applied R&D on new algorithms, products and innovative applications, explore the use of the data for synergistic utilization of COSMO-SKyMed Constellation and others missions, like Sentinels, advance the develop of new algorithms and methodologies. The main program to access science data at no cost is the COSMO-SkyMed Open call for Science dedicated to the national and international scientific community. Moreover ASI can provide data to Institutional Users at low cost for scientific research and application development through the signature of an Agreement.

COSMO-SkyMed data are provided to Institutional users at no cost for scientific research and application development through the mechanism of Announcement of Opportunity, open call or embracing international initiatives like the Geohazard Supersite and Natural Laboratories (GSNL) or the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI). The institutional, national and international users, including also scientific users can have access to COSMO-SKyMed data through ASI. The commercial exploitation rights are exclusively granted to the private company, e-geos. Generic (or commercial) users, including all other users Institutional (national and international) users, including also scientific users Owners of the System: the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defence The data policy foresees the data access for 3 main user categories: The constellation, operated by ASI, has been completed in 2010 and became fully operational in 2011. The satellites are phased in the same orbital plane, with COSMO-SkyMed's 1, 2 and 4 at 90° to each other and COSMO-SkyMed 3 is at 67.5° from COSMO-SkyMed 2. Each satellite repeats the same ground track on the Earth every 16 days. The local time ascending node at the equator is 06:00. The four satellites are in sun-synchronous polar orbits with a 97.9° inclination at a nominal altitude of 619 km and an orbital period of 97.2 minutes. The constellation includes four identical medium-sized satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors with global coverage of the planet. This paper will outline the various mechanisms for having free or low cost access to COSMO-SkyMed data for science use.ĬOSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) is an Earth observation satellite system owned by ASI and the Italian Ministry of Defense, intended for both military and civilian use.

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