SATURN @ Nanosats Database

Name	SATURN
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	16U
Organisation	OHB Italia
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Nation	Italy
Operator	In-house?
Oneliner	SATURN aims to become the first ever Space SAR MIMO mission with CubeSats.
Description	The technology offered is called SATURN (Synthetic AperTure radar cUbesat foRmation flyiNg), consisting of a train of 3, 16U-CubeSats equipped with miniaturized SAR instruments. The main target of the SATURN mission is to demonstrate the key technology “Cooperative Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Swarms of SAR CubeSats” for innovative, low cost and versatile Earth Observation capabilities. SATURN aims to become the first ever Space SAR MIMO mission, providing: Single Pass Interferometric Observation, Modular Performance, Constellation of Swarms.
Sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Photo Sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Keywords	Propulsion, Formation flying, SAR

Related Spacecraft

Name	Status	Launch	Orbit
SATURN A (Synthetic AperTure radar cUbesat foRmation flyiNg)	not launched	2025-12-31	not launched
SATURN B (Synthetic AperTure radar cUbesat foRmation flyiNg)	not launched	2025-12-31	not launched
SATURN C (Synthetic AperTure radar cUbesat foRmation flyiNg)	not launched	2025-12-31	not launched