Canada From Space | Natural Resources Canada |
View pictures, taken from space, of select areas across Canada. Identify landmarks such as rivers, forests and even golf courses!
Cospas-Sarsat: Satellites helping keep Canadians safe | Industry Canada |
Learn about Canadas role in the development of an international satellite system that helps save lives by providing alert and location information to search-and-rescue services throughout the world.
James Webb Space Telescope, Successor to Hubble | Canadian Space Agency |
Follow the development of a major space observatory, the James Web Space Telescope, as Canada contributes to the international effort to launch this telescope in 2013.
MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars) | Canadian Space Agency |
Learn about MOST, a Canadian project to create an astronomical space telescope capable of measuring the ages of stars in our galaxy and perhaps even unlocking mysteries of the universe itself.
National Satellite Initiative | Industry Canada |
Find information on the National Satellite Initiative and discover how your community can participate.
RADARSAT-1 | Canadian Space Agency |
Learn about a sophisticated Earth observation satellite, RADARSAT-1, launched in 1995 and capable of taking pictures of Earth at any time of day, in any weather.
RADARSAT-2 | Canadian Space Agency |
Watch the progress of RADARSAT-2, a radar satellite that is due to launch in summer 2007.
Satellites | Canadian Space Agency |
Learn about the three types of satellites - earth-observation, communications and scientific - and see Canadian examples of each type. The site provides virtual tours, image galleries and background detail for each satellite.
The Herschel Space Observatory | Canadian Space Agency |
Prepare to learn about the evolution of galaxies with this observatory! It will have three sensitive scientific instruments and is scheduled to launch in 2008.