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Aurora Max. The AuroraMax Project [1] is an outreach and education initiative carried out by the combined effort of the Canadian Space Agency, Astronomy North, University of Calgary and the City of Yellowknife in Yellowknife Northwest Territories. The AuroraMax Project provides a place to explore and discover the science behind phenomena such ...
Regime. Sun-synchronous. RADARSAT-2 is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Earth observation satellite. It launched on 14 December 2007 aboard a Starsem Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. [1] The spacecraft is owned by MDA (formerly MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.) [2]
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is a three-spacecraft fleet of Earth observation satellites operated by the Canadian Space Agency.The RCM's goal is to provide data for climate research and commercial applications including oil exploration, fishing, shipping, etc. [3] With satellites smaller than RADARSAT-2, [4] the RCM will provide new applications—made possible through the ...
In North America, CMEs usually spark the aurora over Canada, but the recent CMEs were much larger than usual, making it possible to see the celestial lights dance over the northern part of the ...
Aurora Forecast for Wednesday, July 31, 2024 (NOAA’s Storm Weather Prediction Center) Here in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia region – it appears any glimpses of the Aurora ...
The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program ( HAARP) is a University of Alaska Fairbanks program which researches the ionosphere – the highest, ionized part of Earth's atmosphere . The most prominent instrument at HAARP is the Ionospheric Research Instrument (IRI), a high-power radio frequency transmitter facility operating in the high ...
August 10, 2024 at 1:26 PM. WASHINGTON - The Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis and annual Perseid Meteor Shower are expected to be wonders in the sky this weekend. NOAA extended its moderate G2 ...
The Canadian Space Agency ( CSA; French: Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the Canadian Space Agency Act . The president is Lisa Campbell, who took the position on September 3, 2020. [ 3] The agency is responsible to the minister of innovation, science and industry.