Radarsat

Radarsat-1

Radarsat-1 was designed to penetrate cloud and haze and to meet operational requirements for collecting data over vast land masses in Canada and around the world. RADARSAT images are especially useful for ice mapping, geological applications and disaster assessment such as flood mapping or oil spill monitoring.

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Radarsat-2

RADARSAT-2 is Canada's next-generation commercial SAR satellite, the follow-on to RADARSAT-1. The new satellite was launched in December, 2007 on a Soyuz vehicle from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. RADARSAT-2 has been designed with significant and powerful technical advancements which include 3m high-resolution imaging, flexibility in selection of polarization, left and right-looking imaging options, superior data storage and more precise measurements of spacecraft position and attitude.

RADARSAT-2, Ultra-Fine (VV) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 2008/02/10 © MDA Ltd. (2008) - All Rights Reserved	RADARSAT-2, Fine Quad-Pol Ribeiräo Préto, Brazil 2008/02/19 © MDA Ltd. (2008) - All Rights Reserved