{"id":81648,"date":"2019-06-12T08:27:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=81648"},"modified":"2019-06-12T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T15:29:11","slug":"spacex-successfuly-launches-canadian-radarsat-mission-from-vandenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=81648","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Successfully Launches Canadian Radarsat Mission from Vandenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vandenberg AFB, CA&#8230;SpaceX has launched is June 12 launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.  Falcon 9\u2019s first stage for launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission previously supported Crew Dragon\u2019s first demonstration mission in March 2019. Following stage separation, Falcon 9\u2019s first stage returned to land on SpaceX\u2019s Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8A2nJd9Urk8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PAYLOAD<br \/>\nThe RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is the evolution of the<br \/>\nRADARSAT Program and builds on Canada\u2019s expertise and leadership in Earth<br \/>\nobservation from space. It consists of three identical C-band Synthetic Aperture<br \/>\nRadar (SAR) Earth observation satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Built by MDA, a Maxar company, the three-satellite configuration of the RCM<br \/>\nwill provide daily revisits of Canada&#8217;s vast territory and maritime approaches,<br \/>\nincluding the Arctic up to 4 times a day, as well as daily access to any point of<br \/>\n90% of the world&#8217;s surface.<\/p>\n<p>The RCM will support the Government of Canada in delivering responsive and<br \/>\ncost-effective services to meet Canadian needs in areas like maritime<br \/>\nsurveillance, ecosystem and climate change monitoring, and helping disaster<br \/>\nrelief efforts. For example:<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 The RCM will help create precise sea ice maps of Canada\u2019s oceans<br \/>\nand the Great Lakes to facilitate navigation and commercial maritime<br \/>\ntransportation. Each satellite also carries an Automatic Identification<br \/>\nSystem receiver, allowing improved detection and tracking of vessels of<br \/>\ninterest.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 The highly accurate data collected by RCM will enable farmers to<br \/>\nmaximize crop yields while reducing energy consumption and the use<br \/>\nof potential pollutants.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 Like RADARSAT-2, the RCM will support relief efforts by providing<br \/>\nimages of areas affected by disasters to help organize emergency<br \/>\nresponse efforts and protect the local population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vandenberg AFB, CA&#8230;SpaceX has launched is June 12 launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Falcon 9\u2019s first stage for launch of RADARSAT Constellation Mission previously supported Crew Dragon\u2019s first demonstration mission in March 2019. Following stage separation, Falcon 9\u2019s first stage returned to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Fullscreen-capture-6122019-82633-AM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}