MEDIA ADVISORY
April 19, 1996

Radarsat Roadshow in Latin America Kicks Off

RADARSAT International (RSI) of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada is pleased to announce that the Latin American segment of the international RADARSAT Roadshow kicks off on April 25, 1996 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Roadshow stop in Argentina is the first of a seven-country tour of Latin America. During the next five weeks, visits will be made to cities in Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Mexico.

Led by RSI, the RADARSAT Roadshow is a global initiative which showcases Canada´s expertise in space, especially in earth observation technologies. With 28 stops on five continents, the RADARSAT Roadshow will play a key role in boosting international awareness of the RADARSAT program and stimulating interest in RADARSAT products and services for use in a wide range of applications.

The RADARSAT Roadshow information session on April 25, 1996 has been organized in collaboration with AEROTERRA S.A., RSI´s distributor in Argentina, an the Canadian Embassy in Buenos Aires. It will be held at the UIA Union Industrial de Argentina from 09:00 to 17:00. Representatives from AEROTERRA, DAIS (La Plata), PCI Latin America, Intermap Technologies, Essential Planning Systems, MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates, and RSI will deliver presentations on RADARSAT and its advantages, RADARSAT products and services, key applications in Argentina, and value-added services. For more information on the Roadshow event in Argentina, please contact Carlos Viola of Aeroterra at te: 541-771-5881, fax 541-774-6183.

The Roadshow stop in Argentina coincides with the GIAC Export Conference in Buenos Aires. At this event, presentations on the role of RADARSAT in watershed management and as a data source for environmental monitoring will be delivered by RSI. In addition, Aeroterra will deliver a presentation highlighting Canadian/Argentinian initiatives.

RADARSAT, designed, constructed, and launched under the aegis of the Canadian Space Agency, is equipped with an advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). As the world´s first operationally-oriented radar satellite, RADARSAT´s unique capabilities open a vast new array of applications worldwide. RADARSAT International (RSI) is a world leader in providing information solutions from space. RSI already distributes ERS products in the United Sates and Canada, and SPOT, Landsat and JERS-1 products in Canada. RSI has its headquarters in Richmond (British Columbia, Canada) and has offices in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), Gatineau (Quebec, Canada), and Farnborough (United Kingdom).