The nexgen commercial satellite from Canada has been successfully launched aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Named RADARSAT-2, the Canadian Space Agency reports this satellite will enhance marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada as well as around the world.
Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, on behalf of the Honorable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), emphasized that this new satellite represents powerful state-of-the-art technology that will enhance Canada’s ability to protect Canadian sovereignty in the Far North, in keeping with the Arctic strategy outlined in the Speech from the Throne. RADARSAT-2 is the product of a unique public-private sector partnership. This partnership is leveraging Canada’s renowned leadership in the development, operation and marketing of advanced and highly specialized remote-sensing technologies and applications.
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