3 Canadian satellites to launch atop SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jun 11

The long-awaited launch of Canada’s 3 Earth-observation satellites famous as a RADARSAT Constellation is scheduled for subsequent week.

Officials during a Canadian Space Agency supposing an overview currently of a subsequent era of Canadian satellites — a $1.2-billion plan — and a form of work they will do forward of a Jun 11 launch.

The 3 satellites will be launched into circuit from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The satellites, that will use radar to locate ships, guard ecosystems and keep an eye on a Arctic, among other tasks, are partial of a government-owned mission.

The contingent will reinstate a RADARSAT-2 satellite, that has been in circuit given 2007. It was designed to final 7 years, though is still handling while Constellation has been delayed.

The billion-dollar cost tab — adult from a strange guess of $600 million when it was initial announced some-more than a decade ago — includes design, building, testing, launch and operational costs as a satellites are approaching to final during slightest 7 years.

Article source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/radarsat-launch-1.5162288?cmp=rss