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Read More »The RADARSAT Constellation Mission Declared Operational
In a Tweet yesterday the Canadian Space Agency announced that the $1 billion program that is the RADARSAT Constellation Mission is now fully operational.
Read More »SkyWatch Awarded Innovative Solutions Canada AI and Big Data Analytics Contract
Waterloo based SkyWatch was awarded a $156k contract from the Innovative Solutions Canada program via the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Read More »CSA Releases First Image from a RADARSAT Constellation Mission Satellite
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released the “first engineering image” from one of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites.
Read More »CSA Awards 10 Earth Observation Application Development Program Contracts
The Canadian Space Agency has selected 10 companies to develop applications as part of the Earth Observation Application Development Program.
Read More »Canadian NEOSSat Satellite Takes Picture of Healthy RADARSAT Constellation Mission
LAVAL, QUE. – Just three days after the launch of the RADARSAT Satellite Constellation (RCM) mission, another Canadian satellite, NEOSSat, a near Earth surveillance satellite, took a picture of a healthy RCM.
Read More »Making Government Science Work for Canada and the World Report Released
Over 30 people who worked for or with the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) came together to write the Making Government Science Work for Canada report published to coincide with the 40th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing conference.
Read More »A Summary of the 40th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
The world’s longest running symposium series on remote sensing saw the 40th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing take place in Fredericton June 4th to 6th.
Read More »Natural Resources Canada Expects RCM Launch Will Kick Off More Demand for Canadian Satellite Images
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) expects a flood of interest for satellite data in the wake of the RADARSAT Constellation (RCM) launch, which flew into space successfully Wednesday (June 12) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that has been to space before.
Read More »A New Era of Earth Observation is Launched with the Successful Deployment of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission
This morning at 7:17 a.m. (PDT) local time in California, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying three identical satellites for Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
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