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    RADARSAT-1 was Canada's first commercial Earth observation satellite. It utilized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to obtain images of the Earth's surface...
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    The program has consisted of: RADARSAT-1 (1995–2013) RADARSAT-2 (2007–) RADARSAT Constellation (2019-) The RADARSAT-1 project consisted of collaboration...
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  • RADARSAT-2 is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Earth observation satellite. It launched on 14 December 2007 aboard a Starsem Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur...
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  • Jason-1 Landsat MERIS MetOp Meteor Meteosat MLS MIPAS MISR MODIS MOPITT MTSAT NMP NOAA-N' NPOESS OMI OCO PARASOL QuickBird QuikSCAT RADARSAT-1 SCIAMACHY...
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  • The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency. The RCM's goal...
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    creation of some Canadian artificial satellites including SCISAT-1, ISIS, Radarsat-1 and Radarsat-2. Quebec ranks among the world leaders in the field of life...
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    industry has designed and built numerous marques of satellite, including Radarsat-1 and 2, ISIS, and MOST. Canada has also produced one of the world's most...
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    Canadarm (redirect from Canadarm-1)
    Canadian Space Agency. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013. "Canadarm on display: Space shuttle robot arm unveiled at Canadian...
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  • (Roscosmos) With the successful launching of Radarsat-2 in December 2007 and completion of Canada's CA$1.4 billion contribution to the International Space...
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    Agency launched RADARSAT-2 in December 2007, which uses SAR and multi-polarization modes and follows the same orbit path as RADARSAT-1. Iceberg concentrations...
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  • would be used in his era, as well as a telecommunications antenna, the RADARSAT-1 satellite and a satellite image of Canada; it also has a quotation from...
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    radar in geocentric orbit. A number of Earth-observing satellites, such as RADARSAT, have employed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to obtain terrain and land-cover...
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    Alouette 1 is a deactivated Canadian satellite that studied the ionosphere. Launched in 1962, it was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite...
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  • authorized antenna test house. It has also tested Canadian satellites such as RADARSAT-1 and previously tested the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (Dextre)...
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  • accomplishments in the Canadian Space Program and because of his role in the Alouette 1 program. The centre houses the Canadian astronaut office and most of the administrative...
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    Terrain can be mapped from space with the use of satellites, such as Radarsat-1 and TerraSAR-X. According to the International Telecommunication Union...
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  • applications include: The PLAN component of the Mission Control System for RADARSAT-1, an Earth observation satellite developed by Canada to monitor environmental...
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    Britannica article "Po". "Flooding on the Po River, Italy, as imaged by RADARSAT-1". Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. 2000. Archived from the original on...
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    for an astronaut to "ride" the MBS while it moves at a top speed of about 1.5 meters per minute. On either side of the MBS are the Crew and Equipment...
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    2003 Anik E2 – 1991 Anik E1 – 1991 MSAT-1 – 1996 Nimiq-1 – 1999 Anik F1 – 2000 Nimiq-2 – 2002 Estrela do Sul 1 (Telstar 14) – 2004 Anik F2 – 2004 Anik...
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    (February 1, 2014). Women in Space: 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61374-847-3...
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    May 2019. "RADARSAT satellites: Technical comparison". asc-csa.gc.ca. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2019. Pugliese, David. "Radarsat Constellation...
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    Jackie (1 July 2017). "Jennifer Sidey and Josh Kutryk: Canada's two newest astronauts revealed". CTV News. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019...
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    synthetic aperture radar where two passes of a radar satellite (such as RADARSAT-1 or TerraSAR-X or Cosmo SkyMed), or a single pass if the satellite is equipped...
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    industry has designed and built numerous marques of satellite, including Radarsat-1 and 2, ISIS and MOST. Canada has also produced one of the world's most...
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  • ISIS 1 and 2 ("International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies") were the third and fourth in a series of Canadian satellites launched to study the ionosphere...
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    have been used repeatedly by the Canadian Space Agency and NASA. There is a 1:1 scale model of the Black Brant IX rocket in front of the head office of the...
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    Space: Canada's Astronauts. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 136. ISBN 978-1-55488-752-1. "Payette to carry piece of Ottawa Valley legend into space". CTV News...
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    its destination, a solar orbit near the Sun–Earth L2 Lagrange point, about 1.5 million kilometers (930,000 mi) from Earth. The telescope's first image...
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    identified in 2007 by Farouk El-Baz and Eman Ghoneim using satellite imagery, Radarsat-1, and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) data in the Sahara desert...
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