RADARSAT INTERNATIONAL

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RADARSAT INTERNATIONAL

• Corporate Overview

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• Established in 1989
• Providing Earth-observation (EO) satellite data
  and derived information products, as well as
  leading-edge services to our global clients
• Two key business areas are
• development and supply of EO products and
  services
• design and implementation of GIS services and
  projects
• Wholly-owned subsidiary of MDA

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• 100 employees in 5 offices in North America and
  Europe

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RADARSAT-1

• RSI is the worldwide distributor of RADARSAT-1
  data
• C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
• Launched November 4, 1995. Five-year design life
• Cloud-free images of the Earth
• On-board tape recorder

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Network Stations
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RSIs Vision

• To build a business, which can commercially
  support an Earth-observation program
• Convert a traditional technology-based approach
  into a market-driven business

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Strategies to Fulfill the Vision

• Establish product and service offerings through
  regional and strategic partnerships with
  Distributors, Value-Added Resellers (VARs) and
  End Users
• Grow anchor clients into larger users of
  RADARSAT-1 products and services
• Develop radar-based and EO information services
  for new applications
• Secure projects to stimulate on-going demand for
  data and services, as well as self-funding
  development of services

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Categories ofProducts and Services
YESTERDAY
TODAY
TOMORROW

• Traditional data and derived products
• Mapping
• Exploration
• Ice Mapping

• Custom solutions
• Crop Insurance/ Monitoring
• Crop Monitoring
• Coastal Monitoring

• Information Services
• Ship Detection
• Disaster Management
• Flood mapping
• Information systems

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ICT - An Information Network

• Promotes sustainable resource management,
  provides stakeholders with the technologies
  necessary to acquire, analyze, and disseminate
  information.
• Provides customized decision support tools for a
  broad range of users
• Empowers stakeholders with a powerful platform
  for scenario building, discussion and resource
  management decision-making.

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ICT - An Information Network (2/2)

• Information is disseminated via fiber optic,
  landline, cellular, Vi-Sat and Satcom at varying
  bandwidths and then streamed to phone, fax, PDA,
  TV and radio.
• Enables exchange of information from the local to
  the national level through traditional and
  non-traditional information and communication
  technology.

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