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June 2004 |
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In 1999, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Space Operations
Directorate, through its Disaster Watch program, began using RADARSAT-1
to acquire synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of hurricanes observed in Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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May 11, 2004, marked the beginning of another interesting and noteworthy challenge for the David Florida Laboratory
and its
staff. The RADARSAT-2 spacecraft bus module arrived from Alenia Spazio of
Rome, Italy.
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Visit the new Space Science Web pages on the CSA Web site. In the coming months,
groundbreaking articles will introduce you to space phenomena, the Canadian scientific community, and the history of Canada’s contribution to space exploration.
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Over 500 delegates from 25 countries, including Germany, Japan, France, Britain and
the United States, attended the SpaceOps conference of space agencies in
Montréal,
May 17 to 21. Space exploration meets business.
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Expedition Seven Crew Commander Yuri Malenchenko and NASA Station Science Officer Ed Lu visited CSA in early March for technical debriefings on their work with the Canadarm2 during their
term on the International Space Station.
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The Earth and Environment Bulletin for June 2004 is now online.
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