SpaceX — Radarsat Constellation Mission Success

SpaceX — Falcon 9 / RADARSAT Constellation Mission patch.

June 13, 2019

Re-used SpaceX Rocket Launches 3 RADARSAT Satellites

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, on 12 June 2019, at 14:17 UTC UTC (07:17 PDT). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage (Block 5 B1051) landed on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Air Force Base. Falcon 9’s first stage for this mission previously supported Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission in March 2019. The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) consists of three identical C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth observation satellites.

SpaceX RCM mission: Falcon 9 launch and landing

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the RADARSAT Constellation Mission for the Canadian Space Agency and MDA.

RADARSAT Constellation

Consisting of three radar Earth observation spacecraft launching on a single rocket, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission is the next in a series of Canadian RADARSAT satellites supporting all-weather maritime surveillance, disaster management and ecosystem monitoring for the Canadian government and international users.

RADARSAT Constellation Mission: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/default.asp

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