The Argentine satellite SAOCOM 1A is already in orbit
The Argentine satellite SAOCOM 1A is already in orbit
Dr. Laura Frulla, principal investigator of the SAOCOM mission, commented: "We are monitoring the satellite; the solar panels are already open; We have checked the power part, the load part and we have already opened some of the antenna panels. Everything is going well; we are expectant and we go minute by minute. "
The ten days after the launch are decisive. "We will carry out the necessary maneuvers from the Teófilo Tabanera Space Station located in the province of Córdoba to position the SAOCOM 1A in its final orbit, planned at 620 kilometers altitude," said Frulla.
The launch and opening of the solar panels that supply the satellite with energy are two critical moments that were already drawn. Meanwhile, the process of opening the antenna that has 35 square meters has already begun.
It was not easy to build this SAOCOM antenna comparable in square meters to a modest two-room apartment. "The deployment of the antenna is another crucial stage that took us years of work," he said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Frulla said that "it will take about 10 days to achieve that the satellite is able to acquire information; After that, there will be about 6 or 8 months in which we calibrate the instrument until we can offer data that are crucial for agriculture as well as to prevent or act against natural disasters or caused by humans. "
Technical team next to the satellite. (Photo: DICYT)
The SAOCOM were designed with such a large antenna to generate soil moisture maps daily, to identify areas at risk of flooding, as well as to detect very dry soils with fire risk, produce risk maps of crop diseases, maps of displacement of glaciers and evaluate scenarios for the decision making of sowing and fertilization.
"The SAOCOM will respond to various social, economic and productive aspects of Argentina and, on the other hand, will integrate the Italo-Argentine Satellite System for Emergency Management (SIASGE) along with four satellites developed by the Italian Space Agency," he said. the expert.
A few seconds after the satellite was put into orbit from Vanderberg, it passed through Tahiti and there it established the first contact with the mission control center in Cordoba.
Every 90 minutes, the satellite makes a complete orbit from pole to pole, so that Vanderberg's trip to Tahiti was made in practically seconds.
Once both SAOCOM are in orbit, they will be 180 degrees from each other, so when one passes through the North Pole, the other will be passing through the South Pole. This will make it possible to duplicate the sending of data for the generation of various useful maps for the production and management of emergencies.
These new instruments were developed and manufactured over the course of a decade by CONAE together with companies and organizations such as INVAP, VENG and the National Atomic Energy Commission, with the participation of numerous technology companies and institutions of the scientific-technological system of Argentina. and in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency. (Source: Agencia CTyS-UNLaM / DICYT)
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