An overview of the SAOCOM SAR satellite missions

<p>Learn more about the SAOCOM mission, a constellation of two satellites representing Argentina's approved polarimetric L-band SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar), managed and operated by CONAE and part of ESA's Third Party Missions programme, in our latest infographic.</p>

<figure class="centered-mobile-centered"><a href="/eogateway/documents/20142/0/SAOCOM-Infographic.pdf" target="_blank"><img alt="Summary of the SAOCOM mission" class="centered-mobile-centered" src="/eogateway/documents/20142/0/SAOCOM-Infographic.jpg" /></a>

<figcaption style="text-align: center;"><a href="/eogateway/documents/20142/0/SAOCOM-Infographic.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Download the infographic</i></a></figcaption>
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An overview of the SAOCOM SAR satellite missions

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