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- ↑ Pugliese, David. "Canada to Use Radarsat-2 to Track Ships in Arctic". Space.com . Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-06-09., August 29, 2005
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- ↑ DND web site, "A new step for the Polar Epsilon project | the Maple Leaf - Vol. 13, No. 24". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ↑ "Canada's next-generation RADARSAT satellite constellation successfully launches to space" . Retrieved 12 Oct 2023.
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