The Canadian Space Agency announced today $47 million in funding towards several contracts for the RADARSAT+ initiative.
Tag: RADARSAT Constellation Mission
The RADARSAT Constellation mission is a Canadian government owned Earth Observation system with an initial three satellites whose primary instrument is a Synthetic Aperture Radar. The satellites are used for civil and defence purposes including:
– Maritime surveillance (ice, surface wind, oil pollution and ship monitoring);
– Disaster management (mitigation, warning, response and recovery); and
– Ecosystem monitoring (agriculture, wetlands, forestry and coastal change monitoring).
