Radarsat-2 continues to provide data and imagery to government and commercial customers.
The Radarsat-2 follow-on is designed to cover large geographic areas, with imagery of the entire New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone obtainable within 24 hours.
MDA has not announced how or when it will launch the Radarsat-2 Continuity Mission.
MDA plans to deliver imagery and data from the Radarsat-2 follow-on to customers within 15 minutes of acquisition, compared with less than one hour for Radarsat-2.
The Radarsat-2 follow-on is planned to offer enhanced client-controlled priority tasking that guarantees image collection when needed.
The tenth-flight booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM, and six Starlink missions prior to the 2021-05-09 launch, most recently on 2021-03-14.
The Radarsat Constellation Mission was launched on 2019-06-12 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The investor group paid C$1,000,000,000 to Maxar to acquire Maxar’s historically Canadian business units, including the Radarsat series of synthetic aperture radar satellites and the Canadarm robotic arms.
MDA will use the remainder of the IPO proceeds to invest in new projects, including a new SAR satellite called SARnext to replace the existing Radarsat-2 spacecraft.
The same booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission and the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster previously supported the launches of Crew Dragon Demo-1, RADARSAT Constellation, SXM-7, and five Starlink missions.
Radarsat-2 is a taskable satellite that provides imagery and data to government and commercial customers around the world.
Radarsat-2 was built by MDA through a public-private partnership with the Canadian government.
MDA began working on the Radarsat-2 Continuity Mission approximately six months ago.
Radarsat-2 launched in 2007.
As part of the Radarsat-2 Continuity Mission, MDA will rely on its multi-mission Earth observation ground stations and on advances in artificial intelligence, including machine learning and deep learning, to manage large volumes of data across multiple sensor platforms and enhance data analytics capabilities.
MDA owns and operates Radarsat-2.
MDA provides flight operations and data management services for the Radarsat Constellation Mission and other Canadian Space Agency Earth-observation and space situational awareness satellites under a contract announced 2021-01-29.
MDA built Radarsat-1, which launched in 1995 and is no longer in service.
The three-satellite Radarsat Constellation Mission built by MDA for the Canadian government launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2019.