RCM-1, 2 & 3 (Radarsat Constellation 1/3)

Launch data:

Spacecraft data:

Mission details:

• Canada′s Radarsat Constellation Mission was launched on Jun 12, 2019. A Falcon 9 took off from a foggy Vandenberg and flew to sun-synchronous orbit.
• The first stage landed back at Vandenberg′s Landing Zone 4 while the second stage deployed the three RCM satellites. RCM uses the Magellan Aerospace MAC-200 bus previously used for the Cassiope mission; the satellites have a wet mass of 1450 kg each and carry a 7-meter-long C-band synthetic aperture radar. The SAR has a maximum resolution of 3m with a 20 km swath, but can also operate in lower resolution modes down to 100m resolution/500 km swath.
• Radarsat 1 operated from 1995 to 2013; Radarsat 2 was launched in 2007 and will be replaced by the new trio.

External links:

• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking