The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is accepting applications for its latest round of smartEarth funding, offering Canadian universities up to $3 million to develop new applications that put satellite data to work on climate, safety and resource questions.
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).
