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Satellite:
ROSE-L
Satellite details
Acronym
ROSE-L
Full name
Copernicus Observation System for Europe in L-band
Satellite Description
One of the high-priority Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions.
Main mission: to support forest management, to monitor subsidence and soil moisture and to discriminate crop types
Complementary mission: contribute to the monitoring of polar ice sheets and ice caps, sea-ice extent in the polar region, and of seasonal snow.
To operate in a constellation of (initially two) identical satellites, covering a period > 7 years.
For more details, see https://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/EarthObservation/Copernicus_L-band_SAR_mission_ROSE-L_MRD_v2.0_issued.pdf.
Mass at launch
Dry mass
Power
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Orbit
Sunsynchronous orbit
Altitude
693 km
ECT
06:00 desc
Space agency
ESA
, EC , EUMETSAT
Status
Considered
Details on Status (as
available)
Funding to be confirmed by EU.
The Qualification Acceptance Review (QAR) is currently planned for Q1 2028.
Launch
≥2028
EOL
≥2033
Last update:
2022-03-28
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
ROSE-L
Acronym
Full name
ROSE-L
Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ROSE-L
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
ROSE-L
active
1257.5 MHz
85000.0 kHz
-
A
C-Band SAR