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430:(CSA) in co-operation with Canadian provincial governments and the private sector, it provided images of the Earth for both scientific and marketing purposes. RADARSAT-1's images were useful in many fields, including agriculture, cartography, hydrology, forestry, oceanography, geology, ice and ocean monitoring, arctic surveillance, and detecting ocean oil slicks.
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of 100.70 minutes, RADARSAT-1 circles the Earth 14 times a day. The orbit path repeats every 24 days, this means that the satellite is in exactly the same location and could take the same image (same beam mode and beam position) every 24 days. This is useful for
452:(NASA DSN) in exchange for access to its data. Estimates are that the project, excluding launch, cost CA$ 620 million. The Canadian federal government contributed about CA$ 500 million, the four participating provinces (
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390:(SAR) to obtain images of the Earth's surface to manage natural resources and monitor global climate change. As of March 2013, the satellite was declared non-operational and is no longer collecting data.
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1535:Pléiades Neo 3 & 4
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41:RADARSAT-1 satellite
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1048:David Saint-Jacques
1029:Canadian astronauts
735:on 18 December 2010
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1520:HĂ©lios IA & IB
1331:Magellan Aerospace
1321:MDA Space Missions
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2009:South Korea
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1583:CERES (Ă 3)
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761:14 December
739:15 November
424:inclination
338:Inclination
239:Launch site
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185:Launch mass
120:/satellites
2934:Categories
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2856:Télécom 2C
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1204:RADARSAT-1
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950:Radarsat-1
691:15 January
663:20 October
641:20 October
610:References
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554:Kazakhstan
546:Radarsat-2
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369:RADARSAT-2
253:Contractor
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172:(formerly
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30:RADARSAT-1
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2105:GöktĂŒrk-1
2033:ANASIS-II
1250:Canadarm2
1119:Ken Money
945:QuickBird
485:microwave
410:, into a
78:1995-059A
72:COSPAR ID
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2839:December
2787:November
2754:Astra 1E
2660:N-STAR a
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2396:Gurwin 1
2271:February
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1937:IGS 4A/B
1927:IGS 2A/B
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1245:Canadarm
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1219:SCISAT-1
1159:CASSIOPE
925:GeoEye-1
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908:Products
577:See also
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516:With an
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232:Delta II
160:RADARSAT
112:.asc-csa
61:Operator
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2851:USA-116
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2766:USA-114
2732:October
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2608:USA-113
2573:USA-112
2499:USA-111
2474:USA-110
2390:USA-109
2262:USA-108
2223:January
1846:Ofeq-11
1737:RISAT-2
1732:RISAT-1
1597:Germany
1341:Telesat
1312:COM DEV
1194:NEOSSat
1067:Retired
479:Payload
458:Ontario
434:History
394:Mission
234:7920-10
105:Website
93:SATCAT
2893:IRS-1C
2825:Gals 2
2809:STS-74
2772:METEOR
2760:STS-73
2749:Luch-1
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2670:Sich-1
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2579:STS-70
2568:UPMSat
2564:Cerise
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2526:STEP-3
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1952:IGS 7A
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1942:IGS 5A
1932:IGS 3A
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560:Arctic
489:C band
454:Québec
348:Period
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228:Rocket
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2423:April
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2327:March
2145:IMINT
2097:IMINT
2047:Spain
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1987:IMINT
1914:IMINT
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1398:ISRO
1393:NASA
1184:MOST
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464:and
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196:2.1
118:/eng
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1388:ESA
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406:in
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