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Canada is a technology leader when it comes to Synthetic Aperture Radar and has decades of experience through the RADARSAT programs.
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RCM will assist Canada with Disaster Charter monitoring
Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) will soon join a suite of 61 international satellites that assist emergency authorities in dealing with floods, storms, earthquakes and other problems threatening humans, according to the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Read More »RADARSAT-1 Data Set of 36,500 Images Released to the Public
The Canadian Space Agency and the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation today announced that 36,500 images collected by the RADARSAT-1 satellite are now available on the Earth Observation Data Management System.
Read More »RADARSAT-1 Mission Officially Declared Non-Operational
Canada’s first Earth Observation satellite has been officially declared non-operational after a final anomaly consigned the satellite to what will be a very slow de-orbit to a final fiery burn-up in the Earth’s atmosphere.
Read More »Radio Contact With Radarsat-1 Lost
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) flight controllers in St Hubert continue to try to regain communication with Radarsat-1 after an anomaly forced it into a safe mode March 29th. Flight controllers were working through a recovery procedure when contact with the spacecraft was lost.
Read More »Radarsat 1 stricken by technical failure
Radarsat 1 has experienced a technical anomaly on orbit which may leave it permanently impaired.
Read More »Canada's RADARSAT-1 to Fill in as ESA's Envisat Service Interrupted
The European Space Agency (ESA) lost contact this week with one of their key earth observation satellites, Envisat, which over its lifespan has provided data to more than 4000 projects in 70 countries. Under a provision with the Canadian Space Agency as part of the Canada – European Space Agency Cooperation Agreement, Canada will provide data from the RADARSAT-1 satellite to fill in the gap …
Read More »RADARSAT-1 Mosaics Released to the Public
The Canadian Space Agency and MDA Geospatial Services today released high-resolution mosaics of Canada, the United States, Australia, Africa and Antartica. The mosaics are the product of 15 years of data collected by RADARSAT-1, Canada’s first commercial earth observation satellite.
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