MUSIS
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : December 20, 2018
Total Production : 2
Total Cost : EUR €795 million
Model | Status | Year | Produced |
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CSO | Active | 2018 | 2 |
CSO
Group : Satellites
Status : Active
Also Known As : Multinational Space-Based Imaging System, MUSIS
Origin : France
Contractors : EADS Astrium, Thales Alenia Space
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : December 20, 2018
Total Production : 2
The CSO (Composante Spatiale Optique/ Spacial Optical Component) is an Earth observation satellite designed to deliver advanced high-resolution imagery replacing the Helios 2 constellation. The new spacecraft will deliver better Earth imagery than the current Helios 2 system. The French Ministry of Defense Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) selected the French Space Agency (CNES) to pick up a contractor for the CSO program. On November 30, 2010, CNES awarded EADS Astrium a 795 million Euro contract for the development and construction of two CSO satellites with the first launch planned for December 2016. Thales Alenia Space will provide the optical instruments.
CSO satellites will provide the imagery component of the future Multinational Space-based System (MUSIS). Two satellites are envisaged under this program but there is an option to build a third satellite depending on funding provided by the MUSIS partners. The MUSIS is an international initiative involving France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Greece and Italy.
Operators
Country | Status | State | Notes |
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France | Active | 2/2 |
Listing
Spacecraft | Status | Com | Decom |
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CSO-1 | Active | December 20, 2018 | |
CSO-2 | Active | December 29, 2020 |
News
Cannes, December 19th, 2018 – The CSO-1 military observation satellite was successfully launched today by Arianespace, using a Soyuz rocket from the Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Cannes, October 17th, 2014 – In the frame of the MUSIS (MUltinational Space-based Imaging System) program, Thales Alenia Space Italia has signed a contract with OCCAR-EA,
Thales Alenia Space España has won major contracts worth more than 7 million Euros for the supply of equipment for S-Band data communications systems for two CSO optical
The Spanish Company leads the national market in optical observation instruments and is at the foremost position in technology for observation and science missions Madrid,
Photo Gallery
December 2018
CSO military observation satellite
Notes
State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning
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