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MDA to invest in commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite

Marc Boucher February 2, 2021 Business, News Comments Off on MDA to invest in commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite

RADARSAT Constellation Mission (3 satellites). Credit: MDA.

MDA announced today that it will design and build a commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for its own commercial use, a departure in how it has previously approached satellite development.

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Tags Canadian Satellite Constellations MDA RADARSAT Constellation Mission RADARSAT-1 RADARSAT-2 SARnext Satellite Constellations Synthetic Aperture Radar

About Marc Boucher

Boucher is an entrepreneur, writer, editor & publisher. He is the founder of SpaceQ Media Inc. and Executive Vice President, Content of SpaceNews. Boucher has 25+ years working in various roles in the space industry and a total of 30 years as a technology entrepreneur including creating Maple Square, Canada's first internet directory and search engine.