KSAT obtains first operating license for Radarsat-2

The Canadian Radarsat-2 satellite equipped with an advanced radar sensor (Syntheic Aperture Radar – SAR) was launched in December last year. The satellite owner, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), Geospatial Services (Canada) has now declared the satellite for operational and the data are available on commercial basis.

KSAT has, as the first partner in Europe, now obtained the first level operating license for Radarsat-2. This license authorizes KSAT to deliver data products and derived information to our customers. The ground stations in Tromsø and Grimstad are those to be applied by KSAT for receiving the radar data from Radarsat-2.

For further information, please, contact:
Jan Petter Pedersen, deputy director, e-mail: or
Fredrik Landmark, director sales and marketing, .

Radarsat-2 Data and Products © MacDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD.,
2008 – All rights reserved.
RADARSAT is an official mark of the Canadian Space Agency

(25.08.08)