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)