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RADARSAT-1

Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-21. Not independently verified by Canadian Space Agency.

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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]

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current status	ended
operator	Canadian Space Agency
platform	radarsat-1-spacecraft-bus
launch vehicle	ula-delta-ii
Launched	1995-11-04
actual end of life	2013-03-29
orbit type	Sun-synchronous, 798 km class, 98.6 deg inclination
tasking supported	false
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

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Compositional position

this ——— radarsat-1-sar payload

this ——— RADARSAT-1 spacecraft bus bus

this ——— Sea ice related-topic

this ——— Flooding related-topic

this ——— Oil spills related-topic

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Ocean surface winds related-topic

this ——— Geology and geohazards related-topic

Sources

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

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