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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADARSAT-1
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
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Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names
Short_Name: RADARSAT-1
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: SAR
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Inclination: 98.6 deg
Period: 100 min
Perigee: 783 km
Apogee: 787 km
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Creation_Date: 2007-11-09
Online_Resource http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADARSAT-1 Sample_Image http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/img/apogee_0804_radarsat_1.jpg Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 1995-11-04
Primary_Sponsor: Canada/CSA
Primary_Sponsor: Canada/MDA
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