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RADARSAT-1  

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  • Radarsat, a Canadian-led international program and a major part of the overall Canadian Space Agency (CSA) program, is Canada's first remote-sensing satellite. Radarsat delivers C-Band SAR imagery to the CSA and numerous commercial customers worldwide. The images are used for locating and identifying ice in the Arctic Ocean to aid in navigation; monitoring offshore oil and gas explosions and oil slicks; and acquiring remote sensing data for the management of agriculture and updating the Canadian geological map. General Information: Designation: 23710 / 95059A Launch date: 4 Nov 1995 Country of origin: Canada Operator: Canadian Space Agency Mission: Remote sensing Perigee/Apogee: 783/787 km (polar orbit) Inclination: 98.6° Period: 100 min Launch vehicle: Delta 2 #229 Mass at launch: 2750 kg Specifications: Prime contractor: Spar Aerospace (Canada) Mass at launch: 3150 kg? Payload mass: 1500 kg Solar array: 18 m span Stabilization: 3-axis DC power: 2200 W Design lifetime: 5 years Dimensions: 15 m long x 1.5 m wide Synthetic Aperture C-band Radar Other information: Resolution: between 30 m and 90 m On-board storage: 96 MB Uplink: S-band (2 kbps) Downlink: S-band (2.5, 2, 4, 32 or 128 kbps) Another downlink for science data is at: 2230.000 MHz Additional information available at https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat1/Default.as https://science.nasa.gov/missions/radarsat Contact Information: Canadian Space Agency Tel: +1-514-926-4436 Fax: +1-514-926-4973 [Summary provided by The Satellite Encyclopedia] Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: RADARSAT-1 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: RADARSAT Short_Name: RADARSAT-1 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: RADARSAT-1 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SAR End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 98.6 deg Period: 100 min Perigee: 783 km Apogee: 787 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-11-09 Online_Resource: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat1/Default.asp Online_Resource: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/radarsat Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1995-11-04 Primary_Sponsor: Canada/CSA Primary_Sponsor: Canada/MDA End_Group End_Group (en)

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  • 2019-12-31 15:58:45.0 [sritz] update Definition (Radarsat, a Canadian-led international program and a major part of the overall Canadian Space Agency (CSA) program, is Canada's first remote-sensing satellite. Radarsat delivers C-Band SAR imagery to the CSA and numerous commercial customers worldwide. The images are used for locating and identifying ice in the Arctic Ocean to aid in navigation; monitoring offshore oil and gas explosions and oil slicks; and acquiring remote sensing data for the management of agriculture and updating the Canadian geological map. General Information: Designation: 23710 / 95059A Launch date: 4 Nov 1995 Country of origin: Canada Operator: Canadian Space Agency Mission: Remote sensing Perigee/Apogee: 783/787 km (polar orbit) Inclination: 98.6° Period: 100 min Launch vehicle: Delta 2 #229 Mass at launch: 2750 kg Specifications: Prime contractor: Spar Aerospace (Canada) Mass at launch: 3150 kg? Payload mass: 1500 kg Solar array: 18 m span Stabilization: 3-axis DC power: 2200 W Design lifetime: 5 years Dimensions: 15 m long x 1.5 m wide Synthetic Aperture C-band Radar Other information: Resolution: between 30 m and 90 m On-board storage: 96 MB Uplink: S-band (2 kbps) Downlink: S-band (2.5, 2, 4, 32 or 128 kbps) Another downlink for science data is at: 2230.000 MHz Additional information available at https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat1/Default.as https://science.nasa.gov/missions/radarsat Contact Information: Canadian Space Agency Tel: +1-514-926-4436 Fax: +1-514-926-4973 [Summary provided by The Satellite Encyclopedia] Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: RADARSAT-1 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: RADARSAT Short_Name: RADARSAT-1 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: RADARSAT-1 End_Group Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments Short_Name: SAR End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 98.6 deg Period: 100 min Perigee: 783 km Apogee: 787 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-11-09 Online_Resource: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat1/Default.asp Online_Resource: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/radarsat Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1995-11-04 Primary_Sponsor: Canada/CSA Primary_Sponsor: Canada/MDA End_Group End_Group); delete Resource (null);

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