Operational Review:Operational Review: RADARSATRADARSAT--1 & 1 & --22

Jeff HurleyJeff HurleyMDA GSIMDA GSI

jhurley@mdacorporation.comjhurley@mdacorporation.com / Cantley, Quebec, Canada/ Cantley, Quebec, Canada

Overview

• Brief Corporate Introduction• RADARSAT-1

– Operations and Production Update• RADARSAT-2

– Mission Overview– Operations and Production Update– Maritime Applications– What’s New?

MDA is a stable and profitable international information solutions company

3200+ employeesBusiness Segments:

• MDA Products• MDA Systems

Established: 1969Revenues: C$1.2 B (2008)

Company Overview

Integrated InformationSolutions

Space Missions

Geospatial Services

MDA SystemsMDA Systems delivers solutions from three business areas

MDA Systems

RADARSAT-1 RADARSAT-2Launch November 1995 December 2007

Owner Canadian Space Agency MDA

Design Life 5 years (now @ +14) 7 years

Imaging Frequency C-Band; 5.3 GHz C-Band; 5.405 GHz

Spatial Resolution 8 to 100 metres 1 to 100 metres

Beam Modes 7 12

Polarization Channels HH HH, VV, HV, VH

Look Direction Right Right & Left

RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2

Illustration: Paul Fjeld. Courtesy of the Canadian Space Agency/Agence spatiale canadienne.

RADARSAT-1

Through the Years…• Canada’s first commercial Earth

Observation satellite• Antarctic Mapping Mission (’97)

– first high resolution map of complete land mass, made possible by complex slew maneuver to left looking mode

• Continues to monitor the Arctic daily

• Creation of numerous country wide mosaics

• Current Status:–

Fully Operational

West Freugh(1996) Korea

(1998)

Gatineau(1995)Prince Albert

(1995)

McMurdo(1995)

Alice's Spring(1998)

Japan(1998)

Saudi Arabia(1998)

Thailand(2000)

Turkey(2002)

Malaysia(2003)

Singapore(1997)

China(1998)

Puerto Rico(2000)

Brazil(2001)

Argentina(2002)

Moscow (2004)

Data Reception Facilities:42 (including 9 transportable stations) Data Reception Facilities:42 (including 9 transportable stationData Reception Facilities:42 (including 9 transportable stations)s)

RADARSAT-1 Reception Coverage

Kazakhstan (2005)

Kazakhstan (2005)

Data Archiving Facilities: 22Data Archiving Facilities: 22

Inactive: 4 Inactive: 4 (blue)(blue)

Fairbanks(1995) Grimstad

(2007)

Italy (2006)

Magadan (2007)

Portugal(2009)

Tromsø(1996)

Samara (2007)

Nizhini (2007)

Novosibirsk (2007)

Krasnoyars k (2007)

Khaborovsk (2007)

Miami(2000)

2010: 8th Russian Station certification currently underway

RADARSAT-1 ProductionCanadian Data Processing Facility:

2006 totals:• >14 000 scenes processed

2007 totals:• Record total of ~22 000 scenes• Included ~10 000 scenes for IPY related

project (funded by CSA)

2009:• ~ 6% of data processed were new acquisition of RSAT-1• RSAT-1 requests made up ~ 20% of all (RSAT-1/-2) data

processed

Since launch > 140 000 scenes processed, and counting!

RADARSAT-2

Funded by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and MDA

MDA is:

Mission Prime, Owner & Operator

Owner of data rights

Worldwide distributor

MDA under contract with CSA for 3 satellite RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM)

High resolution

12 beam modes (7 for RS-1)

Full multi-polarization

Dual side looking capability

Encrypted downlink

GPS on-board

High capacity

28 minutes per orbit imaging

Advanced ground segment

Fast timelines from ordering to delivery

Large network of regional ground stations

RADARSAT-2 Mission Overview

Greater Selection of Imaging ModesNominal Swath POLARIZATION OPTIONS

BEAM MODE Res. Width Single Co Single Cross Dual Quad

(m) (km) HH VV HV VH HH + HV

VV + VH

HH + VV + HV + VH

Spotlight 1 18

Ultra-Fine 3 20

Multi-Look Fine 8 50

Fine 8 50

Standard 25 100

Wide 30 150

ScanSAR N 50 300

ScanSAR W 100 500

Extended High 25 75

Extended Low 25 170

Fine QP 8 25

Standard QP 25 25

RADARSAT-1 Beam Modes

ScanSAR Wide: 500 km x 500 km

ScanSAR Narrow

Wide

Standard

Fine/MLQPSL

Vancouver Island

RADARSAT-2 Spatial Coverage

RADARSAT-2 Reception Coverage

Gatineau- 2007

Prince Albert-2007

KSAT (Tromso & Grimstad) -2008

KSAT (Svalbard) -2009

GISTDA (Bangkok & Pattaya)-2009

China-2008

France (CLS)-2009

17 Data Reception Facilities

6 Confidential: (including 3 transportable stations)

17 Data Reception Facilities17 Data Reception Facilities

6 Confidential: (including 3 transportable stations)Confidential: (including 3 transportable stations)

Miami – February 2010

Italy (Matera) - 2010

RADARSAT-2 Production

Canadian Data Processing Facility:

• April 2008 – end of commissioning

2008 totals:• ~20 000 scenes processed

2009 totals:• > 50 000 products delivered

• ~75% Electronic Delivery

• Major programs ramping up in 2010 – including NGA, Major Oil Companies and the Canadian DND Polar Epsilon (2 New Ground Stations for rapid ship detection)

Overall System Performance • Completed vs. tasked success rate high (> 97%)• Orbit control improved, with the ground-track now controlled

within +/- 500m• Achieving 0.7 m resolution in azimuth for Spotlight mode

Image Quality• Close to 10% of imagery acquired and processed is used for

calibration

a) Geolocation calibration:• Assessed to be accurate to 10m for finer resolution modes

(Spotlight, UltraFine, Multi-Look Fine, Fine, Fine Quad.) • Assessed accuracy for other modes is better than one

resolution cell

b) Radiometric calibration• Relative radiometric accuracy within a scene <0.5dB• Relative radiometric accuracy between different scenes <1dB

Status Update

Rapid Tasking 1145 UTC Request submitted

1230 UTC Task scheduled1445 UTC Image acquired1600 UTC Image Downlinked1630 UTC Image Processed4:45 hrs Total time

Supports rapid tasking and product delivery • Have already improved ordering timelines

– Now 4 command uplinks per day on regular basis

– Utilizing 2 descending and 2 ascending passes per day over Canada

• Coupled with fast beam switches, ‘store- forward’ capability, rapid processing and automated delivery, RSAT-2 is a incredibly responsive asset34N

31N

33N

32N

38E 42E40E

Iraq

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Syria#1 Ultrafine

03:26:49 UTC

Ultrafine and Spotlight collects, Iraq Border, May 08, 2008

#2 UF, #1 + 7s

#3 UF, #2 + 8s

#4 Spotlight, #3 + 11s

Rapid Beam Switching

Satellite pass

Rapid Beam Switching

Ultrafine

Fine Quad

Multifine

Applications: Ice Monitoring• Near-real time wide area monitoring of sea ice and icebergs for

safe vessel navigation in ice-infested waters• RADARSAT has been the primary imaging data source for the

Canadian Ice Service since 1995, replacing the previous method using aircraft surveillance

• RADARSAT is used extensively for ice monitoring by other countries including the U.S., Norway and Denmark

Antarctic Mosaic (RSAT-2)• Continued support to IPY (funded

by CSA)• Data from Oct. - Nov. 2008

– ~1500 Wide 2 (HH+HV) images– ~ 300 Ext High 4 (HH) centre

pole area• 25m ortho+mosaic (to match

original RAMP1 products)

• Near-real time monitoring of ships– Illegal fishing, national security, environmental monitoring and border

monitoring– E.g., Canadian DND – Polar Epsilon

• Wide area monitoring and detection of oil– Detection of oil from both natural (e.g., oil seeps) and anthropogenic

sources (oil spills, illegal dumping) – E.g., EMSA

• Able to perform accurate wide area measurement of winds and waves

Applications: Maritime Surveillance

Strait of Gibraltar, Wide 1 VV Ocean features and ship wakes are visible

Dual Pol: Extra channel = Added benefit

VV

Strait of Gibraltar, Wide 1 VH, Ships are readily discerned versus the VV image

Ship Detection with VH Polarization

VH

High Resolution - Spotlight

SeaView – Web Delivery of MDA (by MDA)

A week in the Mediterranean: ~ 2000 unique vessels identified by SAT AIS

SeaView – SAR imagery / AIS Correlation

• Combining multiple sources of Maritime Surveillance data, SeaView offers a powerful, easy to use interface

Detail zoom with metadata available for each probable oil slick detected on the RADARSAT image

SeaView – Delivering Critical Information

Improvements / New Featuresa) Already available:

- Spotlight A (20-49°)- UltraFine covering 20-30°

b) In the works (release in ~2010):

- Quad-Pol covering 40-50°- Wide Swath (40-50km) UltraFine- Wide Swath (50km) Quad-Pol modes- Wide Swath (90km) Multi-Fine- Wide Swath (up to 170km) Fine

c) For potential future release:

- Spotlight & UltraFine covering 49-60°- Spotlight B (0.5m azimuth resolution)- Extra Wide Swath (800km) ScanSAR

FineQuad=50km

25 km

Extra Wide Swath ScanSAR

Extra Wide Swath = 800 km Swath

500 km

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