Both commercial and government ground station facilities are in operation just off Airport Road, something the Geographic Information Systems Day, celebrated November 15, looked to celebrate.

Jiri Raska, the station manager for the Inuvik Satellite Station Facility, toured high school students around the government facility last week.

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CanadaSA国际影视传媒檚 ability to track changes in the Earth will become especially important should new passageways open up in the Arctic Ocean to prevent disasters and ensure vessel safety, he continued.

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One new piece of technology at the ISSF is a C-CORE radome operating as a proof of concept for self-levelling technology.

Most antennae have to be drilled into the permafrost on pilings so they stay completely stable. That process is expensive and time-consuming. But the new radome on site at the ISSF, though it is smaller than the other antennae, is testing out self-levelling technology that would greatly reduce the cost of installation, plus come with the ability to move the antenna in the future.

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C-CORE is currently using the radome to track a nanosatellite equipped with a hyperspectral sensor for measuring greenhouse gas emissions.

GIS Day events also included an open house at Aurora College. Sometime in the near future, two spaces are likely to open up for students to work on the ISSF and in town on a part-time basis.

Raska said Natural Resources Canada will be connecting with GwichSA国际影视传媒檌n, Inuvialuit and other groups to publicize the opportunity, which will be available to high school graduates and people in higher education.

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He hopes to see the industry grow in town.

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