MDA Space Finalizes Nine Customer Contracts for CHORUS Data Set to Launch in 2026
MDA Space announced at the GEOINT Symposium that it has finalized nine early customer contracts for MDA CHORUS data, its next-generation Earth observation constellation expected to launch in late 2026. In addition, the company has received 32 letters of interest from customers across Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Europe, North America and the Middle East. The contracts and letters of interest reflect strong commercial traction and customer demand for the company's highly trusted Earth observation data and insights that support multiple mission-critical applications, including maritime domain awareness, defence and security, mining, oil and gas, energy utilization and forestry management, among others. MDA CHORUS will provide enhanced multi-sensor imaging performance and operational insight. Designed to deliver EO data day or night and in all-weather conditions, MDA CHORUS will support more frequent imaging opportunities, faster delivery of insights, and advanced applications such as near real-time exploitation and insights. Once operational, the collaborative multi-sensor satellite constellation will provide one of the most extensive radar imaging capacity available on the market in one system, ranging from broad area coverage with a 700 km-wide swath to sub-metre very high-resolution spotlight images.
