RADARSAT
The RADARSAT constellation is a pair of Canadian Remote Sensing satellites. The constellation consists of:
- RADARSAT-1, launched 1995
- RADARSAT-2, launched 2007[1]
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[edit] The Company
RADARSAT International (RSI) was formed in 1989 by a consortium to market, process, and distribute data worldwide from Canada's RADARSAT-1 Earth-observation satellite.[2]
- MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA)
- Spar Aerospace
- Com Dev
- Lockheed Martin Astronautics
RSI provides Earth-observation data and derived information products from commercially-available Earth-observation satellites, such as RADARSAT-1, LANDSAT, LANDSAT 5, LANDSAT 7, IKONOS, IRS, ERS, QuickBird, and ENVISAT.[3]
In 1999, MacDonald Dettwiler completed a buy out of the other RSI shareholders. Today, RSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of MDA, under the name of MDA Geospatial Services Inc. (MDA GSI).
MDA GSI Hold the operating license for RADARSAT-2 satellite, an MDA Satellite built in partnership with the Canadian Government.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Soyuz rocket lifts Canadian radar satellite into space". CBC News. 2007-12-14. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/12/14/tech-radarsat-liftoff.html. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ^ "MacDonald Dettwiler to Acquire Radarsat International". Archived from the original on 2006-05-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20060506033407/http://www.mdacorporation.com/news/pr/pr1999022601.html. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
- ^ "RADARSAT International". Directions Magazine. http://www.directionsmag.com/companies/RADARSAT_International/. Retrieved 2006-07-16.
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