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RADARSAT-1 Mission Status Spacecraft fully operational in 13th year of flight since launch in Nov. 1995 Severely reduced on-board redundancy Image data quality and calibration remain within original specification Major data users are NASA/NOAA, CIS, Commercial clients, International Charter “Space and Major Disasters” — 159 activations (see data distribution) 39 Data Reception Stations worldwide rely upon real-time data reception for meeting needs of clients in more than 60 countries Data archived at most of these stations as per CSA-MDA/GSI agreement with Network Station (see Archive distribution) 20/10/2017 SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE

RADARSAT-1 Mission In the 13th year of Operation 64,384 orbits (5-MAR-2008) 450 000+ Minutes of SAR On-time 6 Order Desks 39 Data Reception Facilities (including 8 transportable stations) 25 Archiving Facilities RADARSAT-1 Mission 20/10/2017 SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE

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SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE Cont… RADARSAT Satellites and Their Specification RADARSAT is Canada's first series of sophisticated Earth observation satellites. RADARSAT-1 was launched in 1995 and RADARSAT-2, in 2007. Both are equipped with advanced radar sensors called a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The SAR is a powerful microwave instrument that transmits and receives signals to "see" through clouds, haze, smoke, and darkness, and obtains high quality images of the Earth in all weather, day or night. This provides significant advantages in viewing the Earth under conditions that preclude observation by aircraft or optical satellites. 20/10/2017 SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE

SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE cont…   RADARSAT has the unique ability to shape and steer its radar beam over an area of up to 500 km in width. Users can select images from a variety of radar beam selections with resolutions from a few meters up to 100 m. The Canadian DataProcessing Facility can deliver radar images to users within hours of the actual data collection. Mission planners at the Canadian Space Agency prioritize customer orders and develop plans for data acquisition, onboard recorder usage,data reception, data processing and/or archiving. 20/10/2017 SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE

SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE Cont… The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) consists of a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites. With satellites smaller than RADARSAT-2, the RCM will provide new applications—made possible through the constellation approach—as well as continuing to provide C band radar data to RADARSAT2 users. Improvements include more frequent area coverage of Canada and reduced risk of a service interruption. The launch of the three satellites that will form the constellation is scheduled for 2016-17. 20/10/2017 SC/ UNIT- 5 CBS RADARSAT / KARTHIKA A, AP/ECE

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