Canadian satellite set to keep an eye on Arctic

Space and military officials are hoping a satellite set to launch Friday and capable of spotting fishing vessels as small as a car will be the latest tool to protect Canada's Arctic. Radarsat-2, the second in a series of Canadian radar satellites, will be launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan at 8:17 a.m. ET. More

(Source: CBC North - Dec 14)