Facts and figures
Launch: 2020
Launcher: Vega – rideshare that includes 53 small satellites
Orbit: Altitude of 540 km; Sun-synchronous
Mission life: Up to 1 year
FSSCat satellites: Two 6U CubeSat satellites
FSSCat instruments: Microwave radiometer and GNSS-reflectometer (FMPL-2). A visible, near-infrared and thermal-infrared hyperspectral instrument (Hyperscout®-2), and Φ-sat-1 artificial intelligence enhances the mission.
Satellite integrator: Tyvak International (IT)
FMPL-2 instrument provider: Polytechnic University of Catalonia (ES)
Φ-sat-1 prime contractor: cosine Measurement Systems (NL)
Data set provider: Sinergise (SL)
AI processor: Movidius board based on Myriad 2 integrated circuit
Processor and libraries: Ubotica (IRL)
Hyperscout-2 provider: cosine Measurement Systems (NL)
AI network developer: University of Pisa (IT)
Payload data ground segment: Deimos Engenharia SA (PT)
Mission control and operations: Tyvak International (IT)