{"id":771616,"date":"2026-06-30T18:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771616\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:40:09","slug":"canada-announces-688m-contract-for-radarsat-replenishment-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771616\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada announces $688M contract for RADARSAT replenishment satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MONTREAL \u2014 The federal government has announced a $688-million contract for a new replenishment satellite to support the country\u2019s constellation of Earth-observing satellites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canadian Industry Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly said today that Toronto-based MDA Space Ltd. will build and launch the satellite as part of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s RADARSAT program involves a constellation of three satellites that can scan 90 per cent of the world\u2019s surface up to four times a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Joly told a news conference in the Montreal area the investment will help support Arctic security, guide operations on the ground, and help Canadian officials respond quickly to emergencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The agreement follows an initial $44.7-million contract awarded in December of last year to buy specialized parts for the replenishment satellite, which will help maintain uninterrupted access to RADARSAT data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Space Agency says the new satellite is expected to launch in the early 2030s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 The federal government has announced a $688-million contract for a new replenishment satellite to support the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[45,49,48,15913,713,1688,47,66,306],"class_list":["post-771616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-hardware","tag-justice","tag-manufacturing","tag-national","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}