RADARSAT Constellation Mission Status Update
Conference: EUSAR 2018 - 12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
06/04/2018 - 06/07/2018 at Aachen, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2018
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
De Lisle, Daniel; Iris, Steve; Arsenault, Eric; Smyth, Jill; Kroupnik, Guennadi (Canadian Space Agency, Canada)
Abstract:
The RADARSAT Constellation mission consists of three identical C-band SAR satellites flying in a constellation which will provide complete coverage of Canada's land and oceans offering an average daily revisit, as well as a potential daily access to 95% of any location on the globe. The main objective of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission is on meeting Government of Canada User Department's needs and requirements in Core Use Areas such as Maritime Surveillance, Disaster Management, Ecosystem Monitoring and Northern Development.