1February, 2015

SAOCOM Mission Update

Laura Frulla

CONAE

2February, 2015

Mission Update

Mission Critical Design Review (M-CDRM-CDR) in Nov. 2013 Passed OKPassed OK

Flight Segment Qualification Review Step 1: July 2015

SAR Instrument Qualification Review: July 2015

Flight Segment Qualification Review Step 2: July 2016

Ground Segment Qualification Review: July 2016

Launch Readiness Review PFM: November 2016

Launch schedule:SAOCOM 1A: November 2016SAOCOM 1B: October 2017

6February, 2015

SAR Instrument EM

SAR Antenna Panel EM stage 2

SAR CE EM1

SAR CE EM1 – Dummy load

7February, 2015

Antenna Deployment

12February, 2015

Product TreeProduct Tree

Ref: SAO-MIS-HB-00001-A

14February, 2015

Products Processing Levels

RAWRAW data products (data stream),

Level 0Level 0 products (Annotated RAW data-AR)

Level 1Level 1 products Level 1ALevel 1A: Single Look Complex-SLC, Level 1BLevel 1B: Detected Image-DI, Level 1CLevel 1C: Ground Ellipsoid Corrected-GEC (defaultdefault), Level 1DLevel 1D: Geocoded Terrain Corrected-GTC.

HigherHigher level products

15February, 2015

SAOCOM Science Team and Applications Component

PIL. Frulla

DeputiesG.R. Ortega- J. Milovich

Announcements of Opportunity ProjectsPIs of the different projects

Science TeamM. Thibeault

External CalibrationM. Thibeault/Deputy: T. Zajc

DEM A. Soldano/Deputy: N. Grunfeld

InterferometryM. Azcueta

Deputy: N. Grunfeld

Soil Moisture D. Dadamia

Field Campaign A. Soldano

Support System for Decision Making in Agriculture

H. Lozza

Wheat Head Blight Disease Forecast System

M. Acuña

Risk Hydrological Emergency Management

M. Uriburu

SASSAS

SISSISScience Processors

A. LorenzoOil Spill and Object Detection

M. Jáuregui/Deputy: M. Camuyrano SOSSOS

Snow Cover Estimations N. Grunfeld

Biomass and Forest Carbon Capture A. Lorenzo

16February, 2015

Institutional agreements (2 of 3 main sites defined)

Main Sites•El Sosneado (Malargue): Agreed for CR and PARC and partially installed•CASLEO (San Juan): Agreed for CR, PARC agreement ongoing•El Alambrado (Malargue): under study, first contacts made

Support Sites•DS3 (Malargue): back up option, first contacts made•CETT (Cordoba): commissioning site and PARC testing site, partially installed•Tierra del Fuego (Tolhuin)

SAR CALVAL – Sites Status