RADARSAT

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The RADARSAT constellation is a pair of Canadian Remote Sensing satellites. The constellation consists of:

• RADARSAT-1, launched 1995
• RADARSAT-2, to be launched March 2007

Contents 1 The Company 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[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:^[1]

• 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.^[2]

In 1999, MacDonald Dettwiler completed a buy out of the other RSI shareholders. Today, RSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of MDA.

[edit] See also

• RADARSAT Constellation

[edit] External links

• MDA Geospatial Services

[edit] References

1. ^ MacDonald Dettwiler to Acquire Radarsat International. Retrieved on 2006-07-16.
2. ^ RADARSAT International. Directions Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-07-16.