RCM-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Ecosystem monitoring, maritime surveillance, disaster management.

Mission Summary

Full Name
RADARSAT CONSTELLATION MISSION-2
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
CSA, CSA, AAFC, AAFC, DFO, DFO, DND, DND, ECCC, ECCC, NRCAN, NRCAN, PSC, PSC
Launch Date
12 Jun 2019
Mission Links
mission site | data access portal
EOL Date
Oct 2026
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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 #s
44324, 44324
International Designators
2019-033C, 2019-033C

Mission Instruments

AIS (RCM) - Automated Identification System (RADARSAT Constellation)
SAR (RCM) - Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) C band

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Winds SAR (RCM)
LandAlbedo and reflectance SAR (RCM)
Landscape topography SAR (RCM)
Vegetation SAR (RCM)
Surface temperature (land) SAR (RCM)
Multi-purpose imagery (land) SAR (RCM)
OceanOcean topography/currents SAR (RCM)
Ocean surface winds SAR (RCM)
Ocean wave height and spectrum SAR (RCM)
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) SAR (RCM)
Snow & IceIce sheet topography SAR (RCM)
Snow cover, edge and depth SAR (RCM)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness SAR (RCM)

OpenSearch Datasets

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