RADARSAT-2 is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Earth observation satellite. It launched on 14 December 2007 aboard a Starsem Soyuz-FG rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. [1] The spacecraft is owned by MDA (formerly MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates.) [2]

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RADARSAT-2 is an Earth-imaging radar satellite which CSA and MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler Associates Ltd. of Richmond, BC) launched on 14 December 2007 and remains operational.

Jan 29, 2024 · RADARSAT-2, the successor to RADARSAT-1, is a commercial radar imaging satellite providing continuity in data collection for environmental monitoring, natural resource management, and coastal surveillance.

RADARSAT Constellation was constructed in order to make improvements on the previous model (RADARSAT-2). This rendition will use a constellation of three small satellites to provide greater coverage while minimizing service interruptions.

Dec 14, 2007 · Radarsat 2 is a Canadian synthetic aperture radar craft that was launched by a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur at 13:17 UT on 14 December 2007. It is a superior version of the Radarsat 1, and yields a spatial resolution of three meters.

The RADARSAT-2 ESA archive collection consists of RADARSAT-2 products requested by ESA supported projects over their areas of interest around the world. The dataset regularly grows as ESA collects new products over the years.

RADARSAT-2 offers an array of beam modes and polarimetric capabilities that could help detect structural differences in forests, and there's potential for burn mapping applications and improve forest-type mapping using textural analysis.

Feb 2, 2021 · Providing coverage from 144 km2 to 265,000 km2 in a single scene using 20 imaging modes looking both right and left, RADARSAT-2 provides the greatest flexibility and commercial capacity of any SAR mission.

Dec 14, 2007 · The RADARSAT-2 platform, a follow-on to RADARSAT-1, carries a powerful synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument that can scan Earth under any weather conditions. It acquires tens of thousands of SAR images each year.