on the Spacecraft for execution) and a percentage of availability of 99.95% (hours of outage Vs total hours in a year). The usage of SAR data have been steadily growing from an average of 3.5 minutes per orbit in 2008 to an average of 11.57 minutes per orbit in 2019. On July 15, 2020, MDA has provided the full extend of the original Government of Canada data allocation in exchange for the government's financial contribution to the building of the satellite. The Government of Canada remains an important user of RADARSAT-2 data. See also RADARSAT Constellation References Citations Bibliography External links Canada from Space RADARSAT-2 official site RADARSAT-2 applications RADARSAT-2 symposium Canadian Space Agency website MDA website https://ottawacitizen.com/Technology/Coastline+surveillance+boost/1758661/story.html Earth observation satellites of Canada Synthetic aperture radar satellites Spacecraft launched by Soyuz-FG rockets Spacecraft launched in 2007