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RADARSAT-1

RADARSAT-1 was a Canadian-led Earth-observation radar mission. It launched on 1995-11-04 and ended on 2013-03-29.^[1] The spacecraft carried a C-band 5.3 GHz synthetic aperture radar for day/night, all-weather imaging through cloud, smoke and haze.^[1]^[2] The mission supported ice monitoring, disaster response, flooding, oil-spill monitoring, ocean and coastal monitoring, agriculture, forestry, hydrology, cartography and geology.^[3]

Supply chain position

built on platform RADARSAT-1 spacecraft bus

operated by Canadian Space Agency

launched on Delta II

related to Sea ice

related to Flooding

related to Oil spills

related to Disaster damage assessment

related to Ocean surface winds

related to Geology and geohazards

Sources

[1]About RADARSAT-1, Canadian Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-21
[2]RADARSAT technical features comparison, Canadian Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-21
[3]RADARSAT-1 applications, Canadian Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-21

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:radarsat-1,
  title = {RADARSAT-1},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/radarsat-1}
}