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, launched 2007 ^[1]

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.^[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.

[edit] See also

• RADARSAT Constellation

[edit] External links

• MDA Geospatial Services Inc.

[edit] References

1. ^ Soyuz rocket lifts Canadian radar satellite into space. Retrieved on 2007-12-14.
2. ^ MacDonald Dettwiler to Acquire Radarsat International. Retrieved on 2006-07-16.
3. ^ RADARSAT International. Directions Magazine. Retrieved on 2006-07-16.