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RADARSAT-2

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RADARSAT-2 is an active Canadian C-band synthetic-aperture-radar mission launched on 2007-12-14.^[1] Its radar operates at 5.405 GHz with 100 MHz bandwidth and supports single, dual and quad polarization modes.^[1] The mission's ownership and ground-segment operations are commercial, while Canadian government data-credit arrangements supported construction and launch funding.^[2] That model separates commercial ground-segment operation from government access to collected radar data.^[2]

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current status	Operational
operator	MDA Space
platform	PRIMA spacecraft bus
launch vehicle	Starsem Soyuz-FG/Fregat
Launched	2007-12-14
orbit type	SSO 798 km, 98.6 deg inclination
swath km	530
tasking supported	Yes
current geographic priority	Canada and global maritime surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping
claim status	Unclaimed

Supply chain position

built on platform PRIMA spacecraft bus

operated by MDA Space

related to Sea ice

related to Oil spills

related to Vessel tracking

related to Flooding

related to Land cover change

Sources

[1]RADARSAT satellites: Technical comparison, Canadian Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-21
[2]About RADARSAT-2, Canadian Space Agencyagency doc2026-06-21

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RADARSAT-2. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/missions/radarsat-2 (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:radarsat-2,
  title = {RADARSAT-2},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/radarsat-2}
}