CSA Supported Missions 35 RADARSAT Constellation Evolution of

CSA Supported Missions 3/5 RADARSAT Constellation Evolution of the RADARSAT Program (i. e. 3 satellites – 32 minutes separation); Average daily global access of land oceans (daily revisit – 50 m res. ) & int. areas; Focus on NRT needs expressed by marine operational end-users (ice, icebergs, wind and ocean features, illegal oil spills monitoring, vessel detection).

CSA Supported Missions 4/5 Polar. SAT (Polar Communication Weather) Mission Definition with User and Science Team Reliable communications in the high latitudes (North of 70º) to ensure: Aurora Security Sustainable Development Support to Northern Communities Air and Marine Navigation Provide high temporal/spatial resolution meteorological data above 50º N in support of: Numerical Weather Prediction Environmental monitoring, emergency response Climate monitoring Borealis

OUR ACTIVITIES: Coordination - Space Task Group Ensure the use of initiatives Canadian Space Technologies in IPY Science Guarantee fluid and continued availability and access to EO data from CSA supported missions Provide access to a federated international science community – all working under Canadian-endorsed science objectives (IPY Federal Program)

OUR ACTIVITIES: Contribution Arctic Science Archive Project (ASAP) Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Missions – 1997, 2000, 2007 Fine resolution of the Canadian polar region and the Arctic Archipelago (collected during the CIM, 2000 -2001) Max and Min ice extent Circum-polar Arctic snapshots from 2003 to … Thematically relevant dataset acquired over specific areas of interest (supersites) identified by the research communities Canadian Ice Service dataset acquired since 1996 Canadian Arctic land mass mosaics – summer and winter 1998 -99 Canadian Interferometric Mission dataset

Phase 1 - Baseline Fine Mode. Northern Canadian complete coverage (20 000 scenes)

Phase 2 - - Arctic Basin Scan. SAR Sea-Ice Snapshots (364 scenes)

Phase 3 - Arctic Super-sites (4038 scenes)

OUR ACTIVITIES: Contribution - New Acquisitions Antarctic pole to coast multi-polarisation imaging campaign; Antarctic pole hole (from 78 to 90° south) In. SAR campaign; Greenland RADARSAT In. SAR campaign since 2000; Second Canadian Interferometric Mission over Canadian Arctic; Arctic Ocean Snapshots on 3 -day basis…

Following on the successful 1997 R 1 campaign, the Canadian Space Agency, MDA and GIIPSY executed only the 2 nd complete high resolution radar imaging of the Antarctic continent in late 2008. Courtesy: NSF 1997 – Radarsat 1 2008 – Radarsat 2 2008 Data Acquisition Campaign and completed coverage Crevier, Rigby, Jezek, and Drinkwater