SEOSAT-Ingenio Archive
Spanish high-resolution land-imaging mission
The mission
SEOSAT-Ingenio – Spanish for ingenuity – was designed to image Earth’s land with a resolution of 2.5 m. With its capability to look sideways, it could have accessed any point on Earth within three days. The mission would have benefitted society through numerous disciplines such as cartography, agriculture, forestry, urban development and water management.
The launch
- Date: Mission lost on 17 November 2020 owing to launch failure
- Site: Kourou, French Guiana
- Rocket: Vega
