Case Study
Astrium is Europe’s major satellite and space vehicles developer.
The Business Funded by the Canadian Space Agency, RADARSAT-2 was to carry advanced radar equipment to perform detailed topographic mapping of the Earth’s surface. It would use Synthetic Aperture Radar Sensor Electronics, supplied by Astrium and based on equipment and systems originally developed for Europe’s Envisat. A different kind of project altogether, Beagle 2, was a UK-led Mars lander, intended to carry out a range of experiments to inv