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RADARSAT-2

Canadian Earth observation satellite
Vehicle synthetic_aperture_radar_satellite Q936739

Facts

25 properties
Instance of
synthetic aperture radar satellite
Owned by
MDA Space[3]
Country
Canada[2]
Follows
RADARSAT-1[5]
Followed by
RADARSAT Constellation[6]
Official website
www.asc-csa.gc.ca, www.asc-csa.gc.ca[16][17]
Website
www.asc-csa.gc.ca, www.asc-csa.gc.ca
Launch date
2007-12-14
Capital cost
528,800,000 Canadian dollar
Carries scientific instrument
synthetic aperture radar[19]
Country of origin
Canada[10]
Launch vehicle
Soyuz-FG
Manufacturer
MDA Space, Alenia Spazio[7][8]
Mass
2,300 kg[21]
Operator
MDA Space[4]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array[11]
Satellite of
Sun-synchronous orbit
Service life
7.25 year
Significant event
rocket launch[15]
Space launch vehicle
Soyuz-FG[9]
Space tug
Fregat[18]
Spacecraft bus
PRIMA[14]
Start point
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31[20]
Type of orbit
Sun-synchronous orbit[12]
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UTC date of spacecraft launch
December 14, 2007[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en RADARSAT-2 fa رادارست-۲ hu Radarsat–2 ja レーダーサット-2 zh 2号 zh 雷达卫星二号 zh-hant 2號
🔖 Identifiers · 6
COSPAR ID
2007-061A
Described at URL
www.fe-lexikon.info
Freebase ID
/m/04xmvv
NSSDCA ID
2007-061A
SCN
32382
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "32382"]

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🔗 Connections
Manufacturer 2
MDA Space, Alenia Spazio
Belongs to 1
Radarsat
Carries scientific instrument 1
synthetic aperture radar
Country 1
Canada
Country of origin 1
Canada
Followed by 1
RADARSAT Constellation
Followed by (predecessor) 1
RADARSAT Constellation
Follows 1
RADARSAT-1
Instance of 1
synthetic aperture radar satellite
Operator 1
MDA Space
Owned by 1
MDA Space
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Preceded by (successor) 1
RADARSAT-1
Significant event 1
rocket launch
Space launch vehicle 1
Soyuz-FG
Space tug 1
Fregat
Spacecraft bus 1
PRIMA
Start point 1
Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31
Type of orbit 1
Sun-synchronous orbit
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Summary

RADARSAT-2 is a synthetic aperture radar satellite[1].

Related Entities

Canada Fregat PRIMA Radarsat RADARSAT-1 Soyuz-FG synthetic aperture radar satellite

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . open.canada.ca. open.canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . open.canada.ca. open.canada.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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