ELISA (satellite)

ELISA (ELectronic Intelligence by SAtellite) is a suite of four French military satellites launched on 17 December 2011 from Arianespace's Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.

The ELISA program is a demonstrator meant to pave the way for a planned Signals intelligence constellation called CERES.

The ELISA satellites are in a Low Earth orbit a few kilometers from each other to record radar and radio transmissions.

[1] The satellites are built around the Myriade microsatellite bus.

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