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The origins of the Canadian upper atmosphere and space program can be traced back to the end of the Second World War. [5] Between 1945 and 1960, Canada undertook a number of small launcher and satellite projects under the aegis of defence research, including the development of the Black Brant rocket as well as series of advanced studies examining both orbital rendezvous and re-entry. [6]
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency.The RCM's goal is to provide data for climate research and commercial applications including oil exploration, fishing, shipping, etc. [3] With satellites smaller than RADARSAT-2, [4] the RCM will provide new applications—made possible through the ...
The satellite that became CASSIOPE began with a 1996 concept for a small (70 kg/150 lb), inexpensive microsatellite called Polar Outflow Probe, or POP. The Canadian Space Agency funded a 1997 feasibility study that led to a modified mission concept that was designed during 2000-2005. [9]
Three satellites for the Canadian Space Agency's Earth-monitoring Radarsat program were launched into orbit from California on Wednesday aboard a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket lifted ...
The RADARSAT-1 project consisted of collaboration between the Canadian federal government and provinces, the United States, and the private sector. [2] RADARSAT-1 was launched by NASA on November 4, 1995, although it was owned and controlled by the Canadian Space Agency.
SCISAT is a relatively small satellite weighing 150 kg (330 lb). It is partly drum shaped and measures about 1.5 metres by 1.5 metres. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) coordinated its design, launch and use.
The Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat) [8] is a Canadian microsatellite using a 15-cm aperture f/5.88 Maksutov telescope (similar to that on the MOST spacecraft), with 3-axis stabilisation giving a pointing stability of ~2 arcseconds in a ~100 second exposure.
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 Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. [1] The spacecraft is owned by MDA (formerly MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.) [2]