AstronautAtlas
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AstronautAtlas
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Space programs and missions · A guided course
Follow the measurement from the upper atmosphere to a useful map.
Explore Alouette, ISIS, RADARSAT, RCM and SCISAT through the scientific questions, partnerships and measurement methods that made their observations useful.
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Your place in the bigger picture
Build on familiar ideas, then choose a direction to explore next. Every course remains open.
From an orbiting instrument to a useful service
Turn patterns of light into evidence about places we cannot touch.
Canadian satellites: from radio echoes to Earth observations
Follow the measurement from the upper atmosphere to a useful map.
Start whenever you’re ready. Preparation is suggested, and every course stays open.
From a proposed orbit to a dependable measurement
One suggested order from the foundations to Canadian satellites: from radio echoes to Earth observations. Shared starting points appear once; skip anything you already know.
Then: Canadian satellites: from radio echoes to Earth observations →
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