MDA inks $8M worth of contract extensions for clients using their satellite
by Canadian Manufacturing.com Staff
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., has reached agreement with three international clients to extend use of the RADARSAT-2 satellite
VANCOUVER—MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), a global communications and information company based in Richmond B.C., announced Feb. 3 that it has signed three contract amendments with customers to provide information collected by their RADARSAT-2 satellite.
The Canadian Space Agency funded the construction and launch of this commercial satellite, which MDA owns and operates.
The RADARSAT-2 contracts, worth approximately $8 million, include:
- extending the provision of RADARSAT-2 information to EarthStar Inc., a subsidiary of EarthView Image Inc., up to December 31, 2021. EarthStar uses the information primarily for land monitoring and change detection
- extending the provision of RADARSAT-2 information to the Norwegian Space Centre (NSC) until December 31, 2018. NSC uses the information for various maritime and terrestrial applications.
- extending the provision of RADARSAT-2 information until December 31, 2018 to Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT). KSAT will use the information primarily for ship detection, oil pollution detection and ice monitoring
The RADARSAT-2 satellite has global high-resolution surveillance capabilities that include a large collection capacity and high accuracy data acquisition.
The information provided by the satellite is suited to markets that require either broad-area monitoring or targeted surveillance, such as defence and security, land use management, agriculture, disaster management and natural resources.
