Richmond, B.C., (MDA) – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that is has signed a $4 million (CAD) contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide the data and information processing solution for ESA’s next Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite Sentinel-1, expected to launch in 2011.
MDA’s solution will process the raw SAR data from the satellite to extract information specific to a wide variety of applications, such as in crises and emergencies associated with natural, technological and humanitarian disasters; mapping land-cover for city planning; managing ocean resources; improving safety and efficiency of maritime transport, shipping, and naval operations; anticipating and mitigating the effects of environmental hazards and pollution crisis; and monitoring sea ice.
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