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- RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. RADARSAT-2 was previously assembled, integrated and tested at the David Florida Laboratory near Ottawa, Ontario before the start of its launch campaign. The end of the spacecraft and ground segment commissioning period was declared on April 27th, 2008 after which routine commercial operation started. The Satellite has a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with multiple polarization modes, including a fully-polarimetric mode in which HH, HV, VV and VH polarized data are acquired. Its highest resolution is 1 m in Spotlight mode (3 m in Ultra Fine mode) with 100 m positional accuracy requirement. In ScanSAR Wide Beam mode the SAR has a nominal swath width of 500 km and an imaging resolution of 100 m. Its left looking capability allows the spacecraft the unique capability to image the Antarctic on a routine basis providing data in support of scientific research. The prime contractor on the project is MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), who have previously built projects such as the Canadarm. Other collaborating companies included EMS Technologies and Alenia. EMS Technologies Space & Technology/Montreal division was bought by MDA in 2005. Kongsberg Spacetec of Norway, provides ground station services for RADARSAT-2 including the provision of data under Canadian Space Agency science programmes. RADARSAT-2 is owned and operated by MDA; MDA tried to sell their space businesses in early 2008 to US firm Alliant Techsystems Inc. but the sale was blocked by the Canadian government on National Security grounds. RADARSAT-2 is a follow-on to RADARSAT-1. It has the same orbit (798 km altitude sun-synchronous orbit with 6 p.m. ascending node and 6 a.m. descending node). RADARSAT-2 is separated by half an orbit period (~50 min) from RADARSAT-1 (in terms of ground track it would represent ~12 days ground track separation). It is filling a wide variety of roles, including sea ice mapping and ship routing, iceberg detection, agricultural crop monitoring, marine surveillance for ship and pollution detection, terrestrial defence surveillance and target identification, geological mapping, land use mapping, wetlands mapping, topographic mapping. On 04 July, 2009, Canada's Department of National Defence announced that starting next year they would be using the RADARSAT-2 for surveillance of Canada's coastlines and the Arctic. To carry out this new mission the satellite's owner MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA)of Richmond, B.C. , was awarded $25-million contract to carry out upgrades that will enhance the satellites capabilities to detect surface ships. According to MDA the upgrades will consist of uploading a new program to the satellite that will allow it to broadcast a new type of surveillance beam that is more capable of detecting maritime vessels. Besides these upgrades, two new groundstations will be built at two CF stations to receive the data. One station will be on the east coast at Masstown, N.S. , and the other at Aldergrove, B.C. (west coast). For the interim, stations already located in Gatineau, Que. and Prince Albert, Sask. will be used to receive data.
- Radarsat-2 ist ein kanadischer Erdbeobachtungssatellit. Er wurde am 14. Dezember 2007 vom kasachischen Weltraumbahnhof Baikonur ins All gebracht. Der Satellit verfügt über einen SAR-Sensor mit verschiedenen Polarisationsmodi. Die höchste geometrische Auflösung des Satelliten beträgt 3 m. Radarsat-2 ist ein Nachfolger von Radarsat-1. Radarsat-2 fliegt in einem sonnensynchronen Orbit in 798 km Flughöhe.
- O RADARSAT-2 um satélite de observação da Terra desenvolvido pela Canadian Space Agency (CSA) em colaboração com a MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). Após vários adiamentos, o seu lançamento está agora previsto para Dezembro de 2007. O RADARSAT-2 destina-se a substituir o RADARSAT-1 que se encontra em funcionamento desde 1995. Uma vez operacional, o RADARSAT-2 permitirá obter imagens precisas de qualquer zona do planeta, tanto de dia como de noite e independentemente das condições meteorológicas. Estas imagens serão depois disponibilizadas através de uma rede global em expansão e que conta já com 36 estações terrestres certificadas. Página Oficial do RADARSAT-2
- Radarsat-2 — канадский спутник дистанционного зондирования Земли, предназначен для замены, отработавший свой ресурс, спутника Radarsat-1. Спутник запущен 14 декабря 2007 с космодрома Байконур с помощью ракеты-носителя Союз-ФГ. Radarsat-2 создан на базе платформы «PRIMA» компанией Alenia Spazio и имеет многофункциональный радар с синтезированной апертурой, который позволяет получать изображения с детальностью до 3х метров. Спутник предназначен для наблюдением за Арктическим регионом и применяется в следующих областях: ледовая разведка, морская навигация, гидрология, картографирование, геология, разведка природных ресурсов.
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- RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. RADARSAT-2 was previously assembled, integrated and tested at the David Florida Laboratory near Ottawa, Ontario before the start of its launch campaign.
- Radarsat-2 ist ein kanadischer Erdbeobachtungssatellit. Er wurde am 14. Dezember 2007 vom kasachischen Weltraumbahnhof Baikonur ins All gebracht. Der Satellit verfügt über einen SAR-Sensor mit verschiedenen Polarisationsmodi. Die höchste geometrische Auflösung des Satelliten beträgt 3 m. Radarsat-2 ist ein Nachfolger von Radarsat-1. Radarsat-2 fliegt in einem sonnensynchronen Orbit in 798 km Flughöhe.
- O RADARSAT-2 um satélite de observação da Terra desenvolvido pela Canadian Space Agency (CSA) em colaboração com a MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA). Após vários adiamentos, o seu lançamento está agora previsto para Dezembro de 2007. O RADARSAT-2 destina-se a substituir o RADARSAT-1 que se encontra em funcionamento desde 1995.
- Radarsat-2 — канадский спутник дистанционного зондирования Земли, предназначен для замены, отработавший свой ресурс, спутника Radarsat-1. Спутник запущен 14 декабря 2007 с космодрома Байконур с помощью ракеты-носителя Союз-ФГ.
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