{"id":13152,"date":"2019-06-12T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T10:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-radarsat-satellites-encapsulated-in-falcon-9-payload-fairing\/"},"modified":"2019-06-12T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T10:09:00","slug":"photos-radarsat-satellites-encapsulated-in-falcon-9-payload-fairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-radarsat-satellites-encapsulated-in-falcon-9-payload-fairing\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Radarsat satellites encapsulated in Falcon 9 payload fairing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s three new Radarsat Earth observation satellites were encapsulated inside the payload fairing of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket ahead of their liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n<p>These photos show the three Canadian-built satellites, each weighing about 3,150 pounds (1,430 kilograms) fully fueled, being mounted to their specially-designed dispenser and then enclosed within the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s payload shroud inside a clean room at Vandenberg.<\/p>\n<p>Read our full story for details on the mission.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38841\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38841\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38842\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38842\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-2-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38843\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38843\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-3-678x452.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38812\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38812\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8t20geWsAEvHrI.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8t20geWsAEvHrI.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8t20geWsAEvHrI-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8t20geWsAEvHrI-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8t20geWsAEvHrI-678x452.jpeg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38844\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38844\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-4.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/RCM-launch-preparation-4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38814\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38814\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8yQmvEXYAEIbnY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8yQmvEXYAEIbnY.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/D8yQmvEXYAEIbnY-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_38845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38845\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38845\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Integration-of-RCM-in-the-rocket-fairing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Integration-of-RCM-in-the-rocket-fairing.jpg 678w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Integration-of-RCM-in-the-rocket-fairing-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: MDA\/Canadian Space Agency<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s three new Radarsat Earth observation satellites were encapsulated inside the payload fairing of SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket ahead of their liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. These photos show the three Canadian-built satellites, each weighing about 3,150 pounds (1,430 kilograms) fully fueled, being mounted to their specially-designed dispenser and then enclosed within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[584,880,159,479,685,25,1084,194],"class_list":["post-13152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canada","tag-canadian-space-agency","tag-earth-observation","tag-falcon-9","tag-landing-zone-4","tag-launch","tag-maxar","tag-mda"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}