MDA Space will loft CHORUS, a C-band SAR satellite and a trailing X-band SAR, into a ~600 km, 53.5-degree mid-inclination orbit with the X-band about 60 minutes behind. Together with RADARSAT-2 already on orbit they image day or night in any weather, from a 700 km swath down to sub-metre spotlight.
- Status
- Date TBD
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Date and time
- December 2026
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Builder
- SpaceX
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Earth Science