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The Copernicus ROSE-L mission has reached a major milestone with the successful ground deployment test of its 40 m² L-band SAR antenna, one of the most critical and complex elements of the satellite.

This important achievement brings Europe one step closer to delivering continuous, high-resolution radar observations for applications such as agriculture, forestry, climate monitoring and disaster management.

To be launched in 2028, ROSE-L aka Sentinel-12 will monitor vegetation, ice and oceans 24/7. The mission will also play a key role in emergency management and help us to better understand and mitigate climate change.

SPACEBEL is proud to contribute to this flagship mission of the Copernicus constellation with the development of the control application software for the innovative Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument, enabling data acquisition, instrument operations, i.e. essential components for ensuring the mission’s performance once in orbit. We also provide the associated Software Validation Facility (SVF) to our customer Airbus Defence and Space Ltd (Portsmouth, UK), who is in charge of the satellite payload.

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