Media Advisory/Canadian Space Agency: RADARSAT-2 - Countdown to Launch

From: CCNMatthews Newswire | Date: December 12, 2007 | Copyright information

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Dec. 12, 2007) - Radarsat-2, Canada's highly advanced next-generation Earth Observation satellite will be launched on December 14th from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The Canadian Space Agency, with the participation of its prime contractor MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), will be hosting a launch event at the Agency's John H. Chapman Space Centre in Longueuil.

Colin Carrie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry, on...

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CORRECTION FROM SOURCE-Media Advisory/Canadian Space Agency: RADARSAT- 2, Ready for Launch Technical Briefing for Media A correction from source is being issued with respect to the release sent out this morning at 11h13 AM EDT. Please note that this event has been cancelled.
CCNMatthews Newswire ; ... Oct. 23, 2007) - Canada's next- generation Earth Observation satellite, Radarsat-2, has successfully passed integration, qualification and testing phases and is now ready for shipment to the launch site in Baikonur Kazakhstan. The Canadian Space Agency and MDA, its prime contractor, are ...