# Canadian Space Agency
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["asc-csa.gc.ca"]
- **country**: Canada
- **website**: https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"asc-csa.gc.ca\"]","country":"Canada","website":"https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca"}

## Editorial
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA/ASC) is Canada's national space agency, headquartered at the John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil, Quebec, and reporting through the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry. [^wikipedia-csa][^britannica-csa] For EO buyers, CSA's primary EO role is public mission ownership and programme stewardship around the RADARSAT line. [^csa-radarsat-prog] RADARSAT-1 is retired, and RADARSAT-2 was co-funded by CSA with data-credit access rather than a CSA-operated ownership model. [^wikipedia-radarsat1][^csa-radarsat2-about] The RADARSAT Constellation Mission is a three-satellite Canadian government mission launched in 2019. [^csa-rcm] CSA's 2023 annual budget was CA$615.4M. [^wikipedia-csa]

## Sources
- [wikipedia-csa] | Canadian Space Agency, Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Space_Agency | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [csa-radarsat-prog] | RADARSAT program, Canadian Space Agency | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/service-desk/radarsat-program.asp | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [csa-rcm] | RADARSAT Constellation Mission, Canadian Space Agency | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [wikipedia-radarsat1] | Radarsat-1, Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radarsat-1 | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [britannica-csa] | Canadian Space Agency, Britannica | https://www.britannica.com/topic/Canadian-Space-Agency | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-20
- [csa-radarsat2-about] | About RADARSAT-2, Canadian Space Agency | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat2/about.asp | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20

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