Third 3rd COSMO-SkyMed 2nd Generation Satellite Successfully Launched

Adds to Italian Dual-Use Radar Earth Observation Constellation

Jan 07, 2026

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The third satellite part of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, built by Thales Alenia Space and operated in orbit by Telespazio has been successfully launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

“Each COSMO-SkyMed launch…

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