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419:(CSA) in co-operation with Canadian provincial governments and the private sector, it provided images of the Earth for both scientific and marketing purposes. RADARSAT-1's images were useful in many fields, including agriculture, cartography, hydrology, forestry, oceanography, geology, ice and ocean monitoring, arctic surveillance, and detecting ocean oil slicks.
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of 100.70 minutes, RADARSAT-1 circles the Earth 14 times a day. The orbit path repeats every 24 days, this means that the satellite is in exactly the same location and could take the same image (same beam mode and beam position) every 24 days. This is useful for
441:(NASA DSN) in exchange for access to its data. Estimates are that the project, excluding launch, cost CA$ 620 million. The Canadian federal government contributed about CA$ 500 million, the four participating provinces (
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379:(SAR) to obtain images of the Earth's surface to manage natural resources and monitor global climate change. As of March 2013, the satellite was declared non-operational and is no longer collecting data.
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766:"RADARSAT-1: Seventeen Years of Technological Success"
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1524:Pléiades Neo 3 & 4
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1037:David Saint-Jacques
1018:Canadian astronauts
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648:. 11 September 2006
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1509:HĂ©lios IA & IB
1320:Magellan Aerospace
1310:MDA Space Missions
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1572:CERES (Ă 3)
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750:14 December
728:15 November
413:inclination
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174:Launch mass
109:/satellites
2923:Categories
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2845:Télécom 2C
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939:Radarsat-1
680:15 January
652:20 October
630:20 October
599:References
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1108:Ken Money
934:QuickBird
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61:COSPAR ID
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2828:December
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2649:N-STAR a
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1234:Canadarm
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1208:SCISAT-1
1148:CASSIOPE
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897:Products
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149:RADARSAT
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2597:USA-113
2562:USA-112
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2463:USA-110
2379:USA-109
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1835:Ofeq-11
1726:RISAT-2
1721:RISAT-1
1586:Germany
1330:Telesat
1301:COM DEV
1183:NEOSSat
1056:Retired
468:Payload
447:Ontario
423:History
383:Mission
223:7920-10
94:Website
82:SATCAT
2882:IRS-1C
2814:Gals 2
2798:STS-74
2761:METEOR
2749:STS-73
2738:Luch-1
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2659:Sich-1
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2568:STS-70
2557:UPMSat
2553:Cerise
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1936:IGS 6A
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1921:IGS 3A
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881:People
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549:Arctic
478:C band
443:Québec
337:Period
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296:Regime
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217:Rocket
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2447:ERS-2
2412:April
2389:EKA-2
2316:March
2134:IMINT
2086:IMINT
2036:Spain
2014:IMINT
1976:IMINT
1903:IMINT
1887:Japan
1849:Italy
1789:IMINT
1650:IMINT
1634:India
1567:Elisa
1534:CSO-2
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1501:IMINT
1406:Other
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182:Power
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185:2.1
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