Learn about Canada's role in the development of an international satellite system that helps save lives by providing alert and location information to search-and-rescue services throughout the world.

Follow the development of a major space observatory, the James Web Space Telescope, as Canada contributes to the international effort to launch this telescope in 2013.

Learn about MOST, a Canadian project to create an astronomical space telescope capable of measuring the ages of stars in our galaxy and perhaps even unlocking mysteries of the universe itself.

Learn about a sophisticated Earth observation satellite, RADARSAT-1, launched in 1995 and capable of taking pictures of Earth at any time of day, in any weather.

Watch the progress of RADARSAT-2, a radar satellite that is due to launch in summer 2007.

Learn about the three types of satellites - earth-observation, communications and scientific - and see Canadian examples of each type. The site provides virtual tours, image galleries and background detail for each satellite.

Images that offer a wealth of information.

Prepare to learn about the evolution of galaxies with this observatory! It has three sensitive scientific instruments and was launched on May 14, 2009.