RCM-1 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - RCM-1 -

Full Name

RADARSAT CONSTELLATION MISSION-1

Status

Operational (nominal)

Mission Agencies

CSA , AAFC, DFO, DND, ECCC, NRCAN, PSC

Launch Date

12 Jun 2019

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Oct 2026

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

44322 (TLE)

International Designator

2019-033A

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

96.4 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

97.7 deg

Orbit Altitude

600 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

18:00

Repeat Cycle

12 days

Objectives and Applications

Ecosystem monitoring, maritime surveillance, disaster management.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Winds	SAR (RCM)
Land	Albedo and reflectance	SAR (RCM)
	Landscape topography	SAR (RCM)
	Vegetation	SAR (RCM)
	Surface temperature (land)	SAR (RCM)
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	SAR (RCM)
Ocean	Ocean topography/currents	SAR (RCM)
	Ocean surface winds	SAR (RCM)
	Ocean wave height and spectrum	SAR (RCM)
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	SAR (RCM)
Snow & Ice	Ice sheet topography	SAR (RCM)
	Snow cover, edge and depth	SAR (RCM)
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	SAR (RCM)

Mission Instruments

AIS (RCM) - Automated Identification System (RADARSAT Constellation)

SAR (RCM) - Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band

OpenSearch Datasets

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