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MDA, a Maxar company, completed construction of the three-satellite Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM) for the Canadian Space Agency in 2018.

The Canadian Space Agency has started planning the next generation of Radarsat for when Radarsat Constellation Mission reaches its planned end of life in 2026.

The Radarsat Constellation Mission satellites’ C-band radars can produce synthetic aperture radar imagery with resolutions as sharp as three meters.

The first stage used for the SXM-7 launch was flying for the seventh time and had previously launched the Demo-1 commercial crew test flight, the Radarsat Constellation Mission, and four sets of Starlink satellites.

The three-satellite Radarsat Constellation Mission built by MDA for the Canadian government launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2019.

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.

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 same booster later launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission and the SXM-7 satellite for SiriusXM.

The Falcon 9 first stage booster on the 2021-12-18 Vandenberg Starlink mission had previously launched Dragon’s first crew demonstration mission, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, SXM-7, and eight Starlink missions.

Booster B1051 first launched the Demo-1 commercial crew test flight three years ago and has also launched the Radarsat Constellation Mission, the SXM-7 radio satellite, and nine Starlink missions including the 2022-03-19 flight.

The Falcon 9 booster that launched the Intelsat G-31/G-32 mission previously supported Dragon’s first crew demonstration mission, the RADARSAT Constellation Mission, SXM-7, and 10 Starlink missions.

ESA and the European Commission are buying SAR data from other satellites, including Canada’s Radarsat-2 and Radarsat Constellation Mission, Germany’s TerraSAR-X, Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed, and Spain’s PAZ.

The Canadian government, working with MDA, supplied data from the Canadian Space Agency’s three-satellite Radarsat Constellation Mission to show Ukrainian forces where Russian forces were advancing and to assist with targeting.

Magellan’s Winnipeg facility produced the platforms for the SCISAT-1, CASSIOPE, and RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites.

Magellan’s Winnipeg facility produced the spacecraft platforms for SCISAT-1, CASSIOPE, and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites.

The funding to the Canadian Space Agency will be used to design and develop a replacement satellite for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission.

The contract awarded by Public Services and Procurement Canada on behalf of the Canadian Space Agency will procure and deliver critical long lead parts for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission replenishment satellite development.

Public Services and Procurement Canada awarded a contract to MDA Space valued at $44.7 million to procure and deliver critical long lead parts for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission replenishment satellite development.