Understanding SAOCOM
References and Links
Chapter 1
1.1 CONAE
- CONAE
- UN Office of Outer Space Affairs – Space Object Regsiter for Argentina
- Guzman, J. (2021): Space Programs in Latin America: History, Current Operations, and Future Cooperation. USAF Journal of the Americas, Vol. 3, Nº 3, 2021 (https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/JOTA/Journals/Volume%203%20Issue%203/04-Guzman_eng.pdf).
- Froehlich, A., Amante Soria, D.A., De Marchi, E. (2020): Space Supporting Latin America: Latin America’s Emerging Space Middle Powers, Studies in Space Policy. Springer International Publishing, Cham (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38520-0).
- de León, P., Tabanera, Marcela, Tabanera, Marisol (2017): Teófilo Tabanera, Father of the Argentine Space Program. Acta Astronautica 137, 91–97 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.04.003).
- López, A., Pascuini, P., Ramos, A., 2018. Climbing the Space Technology Ladder in the South: the case of Argentina. Space Policy 46, 53–63 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2018.06.001).
- Sarli, B.V., Zabalaga, M.A.C., Telgie, A.L., dos Santos, J.C., de Mesquita, B.D.R., Roman-Gonzalez, A., Ojeda, O., Cuentas, N.I.V., Aguilar, A. (2018): Review of space activities in South America. Journal of Aeronautical History 8 (https://www.aerosociety.com/media/9320/review-of-space-activities-in-south-america.pdf).
1.2 Cooperation between Argentina and Europe in the field of space flight and Earth observation
- AO Iniciativa PUMA ESA-CONAE (AO PUMA Initiative ESA-CONAE)
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https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ciencia/conae/misiones-satelitales/ao-iniciativa-puma-esa-conae - Researchers called to explore new applications of SAOCOM data
https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/news/researchers-called-to-explore-new-applications-of-saocom-data - Satélites argentinos SAOCOM accesibles a la comunidad cientÃfica europea (Argentinian SAOCOM Satellites Accessible to the European Scientific Community)
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/satelites-argentinos-saocom-accesibles-la-comunidad-cientifica-europea - Access SAOCOM mission data: opportunity for scientific research and application development
https://eo4society.esa.int/2023/05/17/access-saocom-mission-data-opportunity-for-scientific-research-and-application-development/ - Announcement of Opportunity for SAOCOM – deadline extended
https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/news/announcement-of-opportunity-for-saocom-deadline-extended - International agreements and other available legal documents relevant to space-related activities : a list of international agreements and other available legal documents relevant to space-related activities (and where they might be found), prepared as a reference document for member States, 1999, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna (https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/misc/lts/Int._Agreements.pdf).
- Acuerdo de Cooperación con CNES de Francia, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, 9 May 2019, (https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/acuerdo-de-cooperacion-con-cnes-de-francia).
- ESA and Argentina sign extension of Cooperation Agreement (2008) (https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_and_Argentina_sign_extension_of_Cooperation_Agreement).
1.3 Cooperation between Argentina and Europe in the field of space flight and Earth observation
- AO Iniciativa PUMA ESA-CONAE (AO PUMA Initiative ESA-CONAE)
no date
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ciencia/conae/misiones-satelitales/ao-iniciativa-puma-esa-conae - Researchers called to explore new applications of SAOCOM data
https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/news/researchers-called-to-explore-new-applications-of-saocom-data - Satélites argentinos SAOCOM accesibles a la comunidad cientÃfica europea (Argentinian SAOCOM Satellites Accessible to the European Scientific Community)
https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/satelites-argentinos-saocom-accesibles-la-comunidad-cientifica-europea - Access SAOCOM mission data: opportunity for scientific research and application development
https://eo4society.esa.int/2023/05/17/access-saocom-mission-data-opportunity-for-scientific-research-and-application-development/ - Announcement of Opportunity for SAOCOM – deadline extended
https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/news/announcement-of-opportunity-for-saocom-deadline-extended - International agreements and other available legal documents relevant to space-related activities : a list of international agreements and other available legal documents relevant to space-related activities (and where they might be found), prepared as a reference document for member States, 1999, UN Office for Outer Space Affairs, Vienna (https://www.unoosa.org/pdf/misc/lts/Int._Agreements.pdf).
- Acuerdo de Cooperación con CNES de Francia, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, 9 May 2019, (https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/acuerdo-de-cooperacion-con-cnes-de-francia).
- ESA and Argentina sign extension of Cooperation Agreement (2008) (https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Corporate_news/ESA_and_Argentina_sign_extension_of_Cooperation_Agreement).
Chapter 2
2.1 The Satellite
- earth online SAOCOM Overview
- eoportal SAOCOM
- SAOCOM in the Spanish Wikipedia
- SAOCOM 1A in the CEOS Database
- SAOCOM 1B in the CEOS Database
- SAOCOM 2 in the CEOS Database
- https://agendarweb.com.ar/2018/06/27/porque-argentina-necesita-el-saocom/
- SpaceX launches Argentine satellite, posts first ground-landing on West Coast
- SpaceX launches Argentine radar satellite, rideshare smallsats on Falcon 9 rocket
- Fasano, L., De Luca, G.F., 2018. The Exploitation of the COSMO-SkyMed Interoperability, Expandability, Multimission-Multisensor Capabilities for the SIASGE System of Systems., in: CIISE. pp. 45–52. https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2248/paper6.pdf
- Giraldez, A.E., 2004. SAOCOM-1 Argentina L-band SAR mission overview. ESA Special Publication 565, 27. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004ESASP.565E..27G/abstract
2.2 The SAR
- CONAE web site with technical characteristics of the SAOCOM-1 SAR: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ciencia/conae/misiones-espaciales/saocom/caracteristicas-tecnicas
- De Zan, F., Guarnieri, A.M., 2006. TOPSAR: Terrain observation by progressive scans. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44, 2352–2360 (https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2006.873853).
- Flores-Anderson, A.I., Herndon, K.E., Thapa, R.B., Cherrington, E., 2019. The SAR handbook: Comprehensive methodologies for forest monitoring and biomass estimation (https://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.25966/nr2c-s697).
2.3 The Future
- MundoGEO: Argentina prepares second generation of SAOCOM satellites https://mundogeo.com/en/2023/11/22/argentina-prepares-second-generation-of-saocom-satellites/
- CEOS Database
https://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=457 - WMO OSCAR
- Gunter’s Space Page
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saocom-1.htm
Chapter 3
3.1 Overview
ESA Third Party Missions Programme:
https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/third-party-missions
Data Base with information and links to ESA TPM Sensors and Datasets:
https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/search?category=Missions&mission_programme=third+party+missions&sortby=RELEVANCE
3.2 Excursus on Electromagnetic Waves
- EO College: Basic Principles of Radar Backscatter: https://eo-college.org/courses/basic-principles-of-radar-backscatter/
- Le Toan, T. 2007, Introduction to SAR Remote Sensing, Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing (https://earth.esa.int/landtraining07/D1LA1-LeToan.pdf).
- ASAR Product Handbook (2014): https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/documents/20142/37627/ASAR-Product-Handbook.pdf
Chapter 4
4.1 Applications of SAOCOM data
- Aoki, Y., Furuya, M., De Zan, F., Doin, M.-P., Eineder, M., Ohki, M., Wright, T.J., 2021. L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar: Current and future applications to Earth sciences. Earth Planets Space 73, 56, s40623-021-01363–x. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01363-x
- ESA 14.03.2023: https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/news/researchers-called-to-explore-new-applications-of-saocom-data
- Pettinato, S., Bovenga, F., Santi, E., Paloscia, S., Baroni, F., Belmonte, A., Refice, A., Argentiero, I., Colombo, R., Di Mauro, B., 2022. Monitoring of snow water equivalent and snowmelt through space-borne synthetic aperture radar techniques, in: 2022 52nd European Microwave Conference (EuMC). IEEE, pp. 91–94. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC54642.2022.9924399
- Lupi, A. M., xxxx, Ciencia y TecnologÃa Forestal en Argentina / Ana MarÃa Lupi ; Cristina Area ; Patricia Escobar. – 1a ed. – Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos
- Machado, F., Solorza, R., 2020. Feasibility of the inversion of electromagnetic models to estimate soil salinity using SAOCOM data, in: 2020 IEEE Congreso Bienal de Argentina (ARGENCON). IEEE, pp. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1109/ARGENCON49523.2020.9505383
- Salvó, C.S., Gomez Saez, L., Arce, J.C., 2023. Multi-band SAR intercomparison study in the Antarctic Peninsula for sea ice and iceberg detection. Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1255425. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1255425
- Seppi, S.A., López-Martinez, C., Joseau, M.J., 2022. Assessment of L-Band SAOCOM InSAR Coherence and Its Comparison with C-Band: A Case Study over Managed Forests in Argentina. Remote Sensing 14, 5652. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225652
Chapter 5
5.3 Working with Vegetation Indices
- Kim, Y., Van Zyl, J.J., 2009. A time-series approach to estimate soil moisture using polarimetric radar data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 47, 2519–2527.
- Nasirzadehdizaji, R., Balik Sanli, F., Abdikan, S., Cakir, Z., Sekertekin, A., Ustuner, M., 2019. Sensitivity analysis of multi-temporal Sentinel-1 SAR parameters to crop height and canopy coverage. Applied Sciences 9, 655.
Further Tutorials on SAOCOM
SAOCOM-1 Tutorials
https://catalogos.conae.gov.ar/catalogo/catalogoSatSaocomDocs.html
Example of SAOCOM processing with ISCE
https://up-rs-esp.github.io/posts/2020/11/SAOCOM-Ifgs-and-ISCE/