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aliases:
  - context: missionID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 352
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionsummary.aspx?missionID=352
  - context: Mission
    lexicon: ceos
    term: RADARSAT-2
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/missionindex.aspx#R
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : MDA Corporation '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3750.yaml
    id: 3750
    organization:
      country_code: CA
      display_name: MDA Corporation
      identifier: mda-corporation
      name: MDA Corporation
      organization_type_identifier: commercial
      type: organization
      url: http://www.mdacorporation.com/
    organization_uri: /organization/mda-corporation
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3750
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    id: 3728
    organization:
      country_code: CA
      display_name: Canadian Space Agency
      identifier: canadian-space-agency
      name: Canadian Space Agency
      organization_type_identifier: national
      type: organization
      url: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca
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    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
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description: 'RADARSAT-2 is a jointly-funded satellite mission of CSA (Canadian Space Agency) and MDA (MacDonald Dettwiler Associates Ltd. of Richmond, BC), representing a Canadian government/industry partnership [or PPP (Public Private Partnership)] in a commercial venture. In Feb. 1998, CSA awarded a contract to MDA to built RADARSAT-2. The contract calls for MDA to develop, own and operate RADARSAT-2 and related infrastructure (including data distribution). CSA provides a fixed financial contribution to MDA (about 75%), in exchange for imagery allocation from the S/C to government agencies. Also, ORBIMAGE, an affiliate of Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC), Dulles, VA, is a significant participant in this program as the exclusive distributor of RADARSAT-2 imagery to U.S. customers.'
description_attribution: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/r/radarsat-2
display_name: radarsat-2
end_date: 2015-04-01T00:00:00
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href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/platform/radarsat-2.yaml
identifier: radarsat-2
instruments:
  - description: Imaging radar (SAR)
    description_attribution: Imaging radar (SAR)
    identifier: synthetic-aperture-radar-csa-c-band-2
    name: Synthetic Aperture Radar (CSA) C band
    uri: /instrument/synthetic-aperture-radar-csa-c-band-2
name: RADARSAT-2
parents: []
platform_type_identifier: spacecraft
references: []
start_date: 2007-12-14T00:00:00
type: platform
uri: /platform/radarsat-2
url: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/radarsat2/default.asp