RADARSAT

The RADARSAT constellation is a pair of Canadian Remote Sensing satellites. The constellation consists of:
* RADARSAT-1, launched 1995
* RADARSAT-2, launched 2007 [cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/12/14/tech-radarsat-liftoff.html|title=Soyuz rocket lifts Canadian radar satellite into space|accessdate=2007-12-14]

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. [cite web|url=http://www.mdacorporation.com/news/pr/pr1999022601.html|title=MacDonald Dettwiler to Acquire Radarsat International|accessdate=2006-07-16]

* 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. [cite web|url=http://www.directionsmag.com/companies/RADARSAT_International/|title=RADARSAT International|publisher=Directions Magazine|accessdate=2006-07-16]

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.

ee also

* RADARSAT Constellation

External links

* [http://gs.mdacorporation.com/ MDA Geospatial Services Inc.]

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