SpaceX has launched an Italian satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket from a station in Florida, US.
The rocket carrying the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 (CSG-2) satellite lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
CSG is an Italian government system consisting of two satellites that observe Earth using synthetic aperture radar.
The first (CSG-1) was launched in December 2019 aboard a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana and is currently operating in a sun-synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of 620km. CSG-2 will also operate in the same orbit.
