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RE: RADARSAT-2

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RADARSAT 2
1 32382U 07061A   07353.95331684 +.00000209 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00265
2 32382 098.6193 358.3386 0004975 118.8276 324.4122 14.29063468000775

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A Russian rocket blasted off in Kazahkstan Friday morning, carrying with it a Canadian satellite built to keep a watchful eye over the Arctic.
The Soyuz rocket carrying Radarsat-2, the second in a series of Canadian radar satellites, lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 8:17 a.m. ET.
Once in final orbit, Radarsat-2 will be 800 kilometres above the Earth's surface and pass over the Canadian Arctic three times a day.

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RADARSAT-2 lit up the night sky as it was launched successfully into space aboard a Soyuz rocket at 19:17 local time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Canada's next-generation commercial radar satellite offers powerful technical advancements that will enhance marine surveillance, ice monitoring, disaster management, environmental monitoring, resource management and mapping in Canada and around the world.

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A Russian carrier rocket "Soyuz-fG" with the Canadian remote sensing satellite (DZZ) Radarsat-2 was successfully launched started on Friday from Baikonur.
Automatic separation of the spacecraft from the Russian "frigate" starting block is planned at 17.10 msk, out of the radio visibility zone of the Russian tracking stations; therefore the confirmation of the of flight can not be obtained earlier than 17.53 msk.
The Radarsat-2 is to be placed into a sun-synchronous orbit an altitude of 805 kilometres.
The operator of the Radarsat-2 radar satellite is the Canadian company MDA's Geospatial Services International. Radar photographs from the satellite should make it possible to easily distinguish sea ice, which makes the satellite extremely important for the circumpolar countries.

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Fairing separation confirmed
Second Stage burn nominal

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All systems nominal

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Launch

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All systems are green for go