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• Ionosphere images from Alouette satellites

  Designed and assembled in Canada, Alouette-1 was the first satellite built by a nation other than the United States or the Soviet Union. It was constructed at a time when most satellites had a useful lifespan of a few months. Although Alouette-1 was as complex as any previously launched...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • DOCX
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• Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) on SCISAT

  Canada’s SCISAT is studying the complex chemical processes that affect the distribution of ozone in the upper atmosphere, especially over the Artic. From its orbit 650 kilometres above the Earth, its instruments use the light from sunrises and sunsets each day to identify more than 60 gases and...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • NetCDF
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• WINDII Data Archive

  The Wind Imaging Interferometer (WINDII) was launched on NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite on 12 September 1991 and operated until 2003. Its role in the mission was to measure vector winds in the Earth’s atmosphere from 80 to 110 km, but its measurements extended to nearly 300 km. The...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • TXT

• THEMIS Mission (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Sub...

  The Northern Lights are a fascinating natural phenomenon. These animated shows in the night sky have contributed to the mythology, folklore and art of many cultures and civilizations in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2007, as part of the THEMIS Mission (for "Time History of Events and Macroscale...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • CSV
  • PDF

• Lunar Exploration Analogue Deployment (LEAD) - Rover Data

  The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) partnered with the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a series of field tests to replicate scenarios of a lunar sample return mission. The location, a Quebec quarry, was slightly modified to emulate the lunar surface. In addition, to recreate the difficulty of...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other

• CARISMA Magnetometer Network

  The CARISMA (www.carisma.ca), previously known as CANOPUS, magnetometer network is operated by the University of Alberta. Users of the data are asked to follow the rules of the road at www.carisma.ca/CARISMADataUse. Any use or distribution of the data please include an appropriate...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • CSV
  • TXT

• AUSTRAL2017 - Stratospheric Balloon Flight – Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Stra...

  Here is data coming from a balloon, as high as the Eiffel Tower is tall, and whose utility is to test new technology applications before being placed on satellites for long-duration space missions. This dataset contains the telemetry data obtained from the different sub systems during the...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • TXT
  • PDF
  • CSV

• NEOSSAT - Astronomy Data

  The dataset includes the astronomical images from the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat). NEOSSat was launched on February 25, 2013 and it is the first space satellite dedicated to detecting and tracking asteroids and satellites. The suitcase-sized NEOSSat orbits at an altitude of...

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  Canadian Space Agency

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  • other
  • PDF
  • XML
  • DOC

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