| Name | SATURN |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 16U |
| Organisation | OHB Italia |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity | Commercial |
| Nation | Italy |
| Operator | In-house? |
| Partners | Aresys, Politecnico di Milano |
| 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] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| 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 |
Last modified: 2023-06-09
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