RCM-1 Satellite Mission Summary

Ecosystem monitoring, maritime surveillance, disaster management.

Full Name

RADARSAT CONSTELLATION MISSION-1

Mission 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

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

NORAD Catalog #

44322 (TLE)

International Designator

2019-033A

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

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

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)

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