# RADARSAT-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: mda-space
- **current status**: operational
- **actual launch**: 2007-12-14
- **platform**: prima
- **launch vehicle**: starsem-soyuz-fregat
- **orbit type**: SSO 798 km, 98.6 deg inclination
- **swath km**: 530
- **tasking supported**: true
- **current geographic priority**: Canada and global maritime surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: mda-space
- **attributes**: {"operator":"mda-space","current_status":"operational","actual_launch":"2007-12-14","platform":"prima","launch_vehicle":"starsem-soyuz-fregat","orbit_type":"SSO 798 km, 98.6 deg inclination","swath_km":530,"tasking_supported":true,"current_geographic_priority":"Canada and global maritime surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping"}

## Editorial
RADARSAT-2 is an active Canadian C-band synthetic-aperture-radar mission launched on 2007-12-14.[^csa-radarsat-comparison] Its radar operates at 5.405 GHz with 100 MHz bandwidth and supports single, dual and quad polarization modes.[^csa-radarsat-comparison] The mission's ownership and ground-segment operations are commercial, while Canadian government data-credit arrangements supported construction and launch funding.[^csa-radarsat2-about] That model separates commercial ground-segment operation from government access to collected radar data.[^csa-radarsat2-about]

## Compositional position
- RADARSAT-2 --[mission_payloads]--> radarsat-2-sar (products)
- RADARSAT-2 --[mission_buses]--> prima (products)
- RADARSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> sea-ice (topics)
- RADARSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> oil-spill (topics)
- RADARSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> vessel-tracking (topics)
- RADARSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> flooding (topics)
- RADARSAT-2 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)

## Sources
- [csa-radarsat2-about] | About RADARSAT-2, Canadian Space Agency | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat2/about.asp | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [csa-radarsat-comparison] | RADARSAT satellites: Technical comparison, Canadian Space Agency | https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat/technical-features/radarsat-comparison.asp | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21

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