Canada Turns to Russia for Help with Polar Satellite System

摘要

Canadian Space Agency officials are looking to their Russian counterparts for advice on a polar Communications and weather satellite System they hope to launch within a decade.rnThe Canadian polar mission would see the launch of two optical satellites in a highly elliptical orbit in 2016 or 2017 to provide continuous communication serv-ices and weather observation of the coun-try's northern regions.