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Launch of Cassiope

Launch of Cassiope

CASSIOPE is the first Canadian hybrid satellite to carry a dual mission in the fields of telecommunications and scientific research.

Scisat

SCISAT: 10 years of success

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Online Store Aeronautica

The Canada Aviation and Space Museum becomes the authorized supplier of Canadian Space Agency products. Visit the AERONAUTICA boutique to see what is available.

Preparation of a balloon launch

This video demonstrates the different steps involved in the preparation of a stratospheric balloon launch. The images were filmed at the Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base, in Ontario, Canada. (Credit: Canadian Space Agency)

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Train Disaster

Lac-Mégantic Train Disaster

International Charter provides Pleiades imagery over the Lac-Mégantic disaster

Canada has obtained a very high resolution image of the Lac-Mégantic train wreck, which was captured on July 13 by Pléiades, a satellite of the CNES, the French space agency. This picture was taken after Public Safety Canada activated the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters, in which the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is actively involved. The data shared in the context of the Charter help damage assessment and support recovery efforts. (Credit: CNES 2013, Distribution Astrium Services/Spot Image S.A. France)

Animation map

Legend

  • Red frame Disaster area
  • Green circle Residential
  • Red circle Commercial
  • Green frame Affected residential
  • Orange frame Affected Commercial
  • Yellow line Roads
  • Hatched line Railroad

This animation map shows an overview of the destruction caused by the train derailment and explosion that occurred at Lac-Mégantic on July 6th, 2013. The product was developed by Effigis Geo-Solutions (Montreal, Canada) as part of their mandate in the Canadian Space Agency's Rapid Information Products and Services (RIPS) initiative.

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters was activated by Public Safety Canada on a request received from Transport Canada. This is a damage assessment map based on QuickBird-2 satellite operations among the member space agencies for data acquisition following natural and technological disasters.

Natural Disasters

Floods in Alberta

This animation produced from RADARSAT-2 data captured in June 2013, shows the maximum (in red) and minimum extent of the flooding in the High River region in Alberta.