Synthetic Aperture Radar on RADARSAT

Many satellites cannot capture images in poor atmospheric and lighting conditions. RADARSAT uses a sophisticated microwave radar system known as...

RADARSAT-1 Canada's first Earth observation satellite

Launched in November 1995, RADARSAT-1 ushered in a new age in remote sensing and firmly positioned Canada as a leader in the internationally...

RADARSAT-1 tracking path over Canada

Artist's concept of the path RADARSAT-1 follows while over Canada.

RADARSAT-1 Control Antenna

RADARSAT-1 Mission Control antenna at the John H. Chapman Centre in Saint-Hubert, Quebec.

RADARSAT-1 at David Florida Laboratory

RADARSAT during testing and assembly at the Canadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory in Ottawa

Peace-Athabasca Delta, Alberta, Canada

This colour composite time-series image is made up of three images aquired on May 4 (red), May 10 (green), and May 17 (blue), 1996. The...

Location of ships on the Student on Ice Expedition

This spectacular image of the Pond Inlet area was acquired by RADARSAT-1 on August 20, 2001, at 23:10 GMT in EH3 mode. The location of the Students...

Mosaic of the United States

This Mosaic of the United States is a compilation of 190 images taken by RADARSAT-1.

Canada Mosaic

The 276 images used in the mosaic were captured using RADARSAT-1 over a brief seven-day period in January 1999, resulting in a nearly instantaneous...

Red River flooding

Image of the Red River flood in Manitoba in the spring of 1997 taken by RADARSAT-1. (The extent of the flooding is shown in blue)

The Africa Mosaic

This mosaic of Africa consists of approximately 1,600 scenes of Wide 2 images (south of the 10° S parallel) and ScanSAR Wide images (north of the 10°...

RADARSAT-1 Mosaic of Montréal

To create this 3-D mosaic of a 100-by-50-kilometre area around Montréal, Quebec, two high-resolution orthorectified images were used. The distortions...

Red River image taken by RADARSAT

Image taken by RADARSAT of the Red River flood in Manitoba in the spring of 1997.

Red River image taken by RADARSAT

Image taken by RADARSAT of the Red River flood in Manitoba in the spring of 1997.

Flooding of the Lena River in East Siberia

The Lena River flows along the bottom of a narrow valley with sheer, broken slopes, seen in this RADARSAT image of May 23, 2001. The two distinct...

Flood of the Lena River in Eastern Siberia

The Lena River, north of Yakutsk flows along the bottom of a narrow valley with sheer, broken slopes, as seen in this RADARSAT image of May 24, 2001....

Flooding of the Lena River in East Siberia

The Lena River flows along the bottom of a narrow valley with sheer, broken slopes, as seen in this RADARSAT image of May 23, 2001. The two distinct...

Irving Whale Oil Spill in the Maritimes

This RADARSAT image shows salvage operations after the Irving Whale oil spill off the coast of the Maritimes. Three small oil spills are identifiable...

Australia Mosaic

The Australia mosaic is a compilation of 165 images taken by RADARSAT-1 from mid-November 2000 to mid-February 2001. The first such map ever produced...