RADARSAT Constellation Mission

RCM, 3 sats, Maritime surveillance, Disaster management, Ecosystem monitoring


Launched in:2019
Repeat cycle:4 days
Orbit height:600 km
Orbit type:Sun Synchronous
Organisation: CSA - Canadian Space Agency
Launched 12 Jun 2019
Each satellite has a 12-day repeat cycle.
However, the constellation approach offers exact revisits every four days, which means that one of the three spacecraft flies above a point every four days.

RADARSAT Constellation Mission websites

Information

CSA - RADARSAT Constellation
MDA - RADARSAT Constellation Mission brochure
ESA eoPortal - RCM Radarsat Constellation Mission
CSA - What is the RCM
CSA - Technical features of the RCM

On Board Sensors

SAR-C (RCM) (SAR-C on RADARSAT Constellation Mission)