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The ICEYE X-band spacecraft for CHORUS will fly in the same mid-inclination orbit with the identical ground track as the MDA-built C-band SAR satellite.

Mentioned as: mdaTechnical ProductDec 16, 2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

MDA will purchase the X-band satellite from Iceye and will operate the satellite and generate the revenue from it.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipDec 16, 2021Iceye to provide satellite for MDA radar constellation

Both the X-band satellite from Iceye and MDA’s C-band satellite will operate in the same mid-inclination orbit with Iceye’s satellite trailing MDA’s satellite.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductDec 16, 2021Iceye to provide satellite for MDA radar constellation

MDA is acquiring an X-band synthetic aperture radar satellite from Iceye for inclusion in its Chorus system.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductDec 16, 2021Iceye to provide satellite for MDA radar constellation

MDA and ICEYE signed a distribution agreement that allows MDA to sell ICEYE’s existing and future X-band data to select RADARSAT-2 customers and to develop value-added products integrating C- and X-band SAR data.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipDec 16, 2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

MDA owns and operates RADARSAT-2, a commercial broad-area imaging satellite.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductDec 16, 2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

Iceye will provide an X-band SAR satellite that will complement a C-band SAR satellite MDA previously committed to build as a successor to Radarsat-2.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralDec 16, 2021Iceye to provide satellite for MDA radar constellation

MDA Ltd. and ICEYE entered into an agreement for ICEYE to supply an X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar spacecraft for CHORUS, MDA’s next generation commercial Earth Observation mission.

Mentioned as: MDA Ltd.Technical ProductDec 16, 2021MDA’s + ICEYE’s CHORUS Agreement For SAR EO Support

The X-band satellite will fly in the same mid-inclination orbit with the identical ground track as the MDA-built C-band SAR satellite.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductDec 15, 2021MDA announces CHORUS™ as the name of its next market-leading commercial Earth Observation mission

The X-band satellite will fly in the same mid-inclination orbit with the identical ground track as the MDA-built C-band SAR satellite.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductDec 14, 2021A New CHORUS EO Development By MDA

The Senate Appropriations Committee criticized MDA’s plan to launch HBTSS payloads on separate satellites instead of hosting them aboard SDA’s Tracking Layer Tranche 0 satellites.

Mentioned as: mdaTechnical ProductDec 8, 2021Space Development Agency to acquire 28 missile-tracking satellites to launch in late 2024

SDA and MDA will use PIRPL imagery to create a database of low Earth orbit infrared clutter backgrounds for development and verification of missile detection and tracking algorithms.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductDec 8, 2021Space Development Agency to acquire 28 missile-tracking satellites to launch in late 2024

Airbus, Lockheed Martin, and MDA Ltd. delivered a High-level Technical Concept for the AFSC program in 2020.

Mentioned as: mda ltdTechnical ProductNov 9, 2021Airbus and Northrop Grumman lead team seeking to shape NATO’s future surveillance and control

Airbus, Lockheed Martin, and MDA Ltd. delivered a High-level Technical Concept for the AFSC program in 2020.

Mentioned as: mda ltdTechnical ProductNov 8, 2021Seeking To Shape NATO’s Future Surveillance + Control Are Northrop Grumman + Airbus

MDA is partnering with Astroscale to provide capture robotics and robotic operations expertise for the study.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2021Astroscale Awarded UK Space Agency Bid to Study Removal of Two Defunct Satellites from Space

Customers will be able to task the new MDA SAR satellite to obtain imagery within one hour, compared with four hours for Radarsat-2.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductSep 27, 2021MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on

MDA has not announced how or when it will launch the Radarsat-2 Continuity Mission.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralSep 27, 2021MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on

Radarsat-2 was built by MDA in partnership with the Canadian government and launched in 2007.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2021MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on

MDA’s Radarsat-2 follow-on includes a C-band synthetic-aperture radar satellite in a mid-inclination orbit capable of collecting imagery in a 700-kilometer swath at a resolution of 50 m per pixel.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductSep 27, 2021MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on

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.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipSep 27, 2021MDA highlights speedy tasking, broad coverage of Radarsat-2 follow-on
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