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RADARSAT-1 Celebrates Ten Years in Space
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GISUser and GISCafé have a MDA press release about RADARSAT-1 celebrating ten years in space. From the PR: "One of the cornerstones of the programme is the emergency programming service, coupled with near-real time data processing and delivery. These services have proven invaluable in supporting time-critical operations such as disaster management, ice mapping for ship routing, pollution monitoring and ship surveillance. [...] In 2006, RADARSAT-2 will be launched and the RADARSAT legacy will continue."
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From the Canadian Space Agency web site:
"Canada's next-generation commercial radar satellite RADARSAT-2 is scheduled to be launched from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 14, 2007 on a Soyuz vehicle. Canada's next-generation commercial radar satellite will offer powerful technical advancements that will enhance marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada and around the world"
. See this web site for more information: http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/satellites/radarsat2/default.asp. Update: 12/17 22:44 GMT by S : Here's the press release about the successful launch. Vector One offers a bunch of links. I also added a few related links below.
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