CSA President: RADARSAT+ Supplemental Satellite Will be “Compatible” with RCM

James Careless October 19, 2023 Earth Observation, News Comments Off on CSA President: RADARSAT+ Supplemental Satellite Will be “Compatible” with RCM

Canadian Space Agency Lisa Campbell addressing the Spacebound 2023 conference. One primary topic was the new RADARSAT+ initiative. Image credit: SpaceQ.

The supplemental RADARSAT+ satellite announced by Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne at Spacebound 2023 will be compatible with the existing RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM). But it will be more advanced than the current three RCM satellites now in service.

That’s the news from Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell. She spoke with SpaceQ after her 2023 keynote address to Space Canada’s conference in Ottawa on October 18, 2023.

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James Careless is an award-winning satellite communications writer. He has covered the industry since the 1990s.
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