SpaceX successfully launches Italian satellite

SpaceX successfully launches Italian satellite

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Category : Defense Published on: February 03 2022

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  • 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. 
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