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This is part 2 of An Overview of Canadian Military Space in 2014. Part 1 is available here.
Read More »An Overview of Canadian Military Space in 2014 – Part 2
An Overview of Canadian Military Space in 2014 – Part 1
Arguably 2014 was a watershed year in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) military space program. Up until this year the military space program was focused on delivering capability that could be used by the Navy, Army and Air Force as joint force enablers but rarely were those capabilities tightly integrated into operations, nor were they exploited to their maximum advantage. To do so requires a …
Read More »The Polar Communications and Weather Mission Can’t Come Soon Enough
The Canadian north’s need for reliable satellites was vividly illustrated in October 2011, when a software error aboard Telesat satellite Anik F2 caused it to malfunction.
Read More »MDA Signs RADARSAT Deal to Provide Data to China
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a $3 million deal with the Chinese company EarthView Image Inc. to provide data for use in areas such as land use management, environmental monitoring, and disaster response.
Read More »MDA Sign's up another Customer for RADARSAT-2
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) for RADARSAT-2 data, this coming shortly after announcing a deal with Russian.
Read More »RADARSAT-2 Images Shows Devastating Flooding in Australia
The Canadian Space Agency released one of the images captured by Radarsat-2 which were delivered to the International Charter Space and Major Disasters on behalf of Emergency Management Australia and the State of Queensland, Australia. The featured image shows Australia’s northeastern state of Queensland.
Read More »ScanEx Starts to Sell RADARSAT-2 Satellite Data Products
ScanEx of Russia has finalized a distribution agreement with MDA Geospatial Services Inc. to be an official distributor of Canada’s RADARSAT-2 satellite. The application of RADARSAT-2 images will expand the possibilities of radar satellite monitoring of natural and man-made objects and phenomena in Russia.
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