Falcon 9 launches the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit

Falcon 9 launched the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

This was the third launch and landing of this booster, which previously supported the launch of Arabsat-6A and STP-2.

The Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation program is funded by the Italian Space Agency, the Italian Ministry of Defense and the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Scientific Research. The system consists of two satellites, which are designed to observe Earth using synthetic aperture radar (SAR).

https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/missions/cosmo-skymed-second-generation