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For immediate release: April 14, 2003 MDA Awarded Space Mission Feasibility StudyRichmond, B.C. – MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) announced today that the company has entered into an agreement with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to undertake a study which evaluates an innovative, low cost tandem topographic mission with RADARSAT-2. The total value of the contract is $300,000 (CDN).The Study builds on the work performed in prior contracts to analyse the feasibility, operational effectiveness and affordability of such a mission. The Canadian Space Agency has already funded specific modifications to the RADARSAT-2 spacecraft to support a tandem topographic mission with a second spacecraft.
Related Websites: For more information, please contact: Ted Schellenberg Media Relations MacDonald Dettwiler Telephone: (604) 231-2215 E-mail: teds@mda.ca |