• 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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    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-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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  • oil exploration, fishing, shipping, etc. With satellites smaller than RADARSAT-2, the RCM will provide new applications—made possible through the constellation...
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    November 1995. MDA was primary contractor for, and took ownership of, the RADARSAT-2 Earth observation satellite. MDA bought the space robotics division of...
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  • Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia (Roscosmos) With the successful launching of Radarsat-2 in December 2007 and completion of Canada's CA$1.4 billion contribution...
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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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    is stable. The ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat of European Space Agency, as well as the MetOp spacecraft of EUMETSAT and RADARSAT-2 of the Canadian Space Agency...
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  • Alouette 1 Alouette 2 Anik series BRITE CASSIOPE Hermes ISIS 1 ISIS 2 M3MSat MOST MSAT-1 NEOSSat Nimiq series RADARSAT-1 RADARSAT-2 RADARSAT Constellation SCISAT-1...
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    Springer Verlag, 2000. A. Maity (2016). "Supervised Classification of RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Data for Different Land Features". arXiv:1608.00501 [cs.CV]...
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    Johnson (2 May 2013). "Unveiling exhibit, Hadfield sends first Canadarm 'last command' from space". CTV News. Retrieved 2 May 2013. Elizabeth Howell (2 May...
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    some Canadian artificial satellites including SCISAT-1, ISIS, Radarsat-1 and Radarsat-2. Quebec ranks among the world leaders in the field of life science...
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    blankets and one of the booms. Its operation appeared to be unaffected. Canadarm 2 will also help to berth the Axiom Space Station modules to the ISS. Canadarm2...
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  • micro-satellite". Advances in Space Research. 31 (2): 371–373. Bibcode:2003AdSpR..31..371R. doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(02)00628-2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived 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 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 04:48 UTC on November 29, 1965, by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test...
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  • missions such as Radarsat 2, XMM-Newton, INTEGRAL, Cryosat, Mars Express, Venus Express, GOCE, Herschel, Planck, Rosetta, Cryosat-2, Galileo, MetOp (EUMETSAT...
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  • Retrieved 2018-01-08. A. Maity (2016). "Supervised Classification of RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Data for Different Land Features". arXiv:1608.00501 [cs.CV]...
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    Retrieved 22 November 2023. Foust, Jeff (9 January 2024). "NASA delays Artemis 2 and 3 missions". SpaceNews. Retrieved 12 January 2024. Wikimedia Commons has...
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  • Data provided by non-European satellite missions (e.g. Landsat, GOSAT, Radarsat-2) can also be used by Copernicus. DigitalGlobe, an American commercial...
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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...
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    Alouette 1 Alouette 2 Anik series BRITE CASSIOPE Hermes ISIS 1 ISIS 2 M3MSat MOST MSAT-1 NEOSSat Nimiq series RADARSAT-1 RADARSAT-2 RADARSAT Constellation SCISAT-1...
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  • all-weather day and night surveillance capabilities utilizing imagery from the RADARSAT-2 earth observation satellite. The project includes two new ground stations...
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    2023.34. ISSN 2634-4602. A. Maity (2016). "Supervised Classification of RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Data for Different Land Features". arXiv:1608.00501 [cs.CV]...
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    Nimiq (redirect from Nimiq 2)
    Dimensions: 5.8 x 2.4 x 2.4 m and a 27 m2 solar array DC power: 120 W Expected lifetime: 12 years Transponders: 32 Vehicle: Proton-K / Blok DM3 Nimiq 2, launched...
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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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    During this mission, he performed a set of seven experiments known as CANEX-2, which included an evaluation of the Space Vision System. MacLean served as...
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    after Alouette's proposal to have it developed and built. The satellites S27-2 (prototype), S27-3 (which became the launched satellite), and S27-4 (which...
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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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    Telesat Canada, is a Canadian satellite communications company founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa. Telesat began in 1969 as Telesat...
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