On Friday, Dec 14, RADARSAT-2 was successfully launched into orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on a Soyuz rocket.

RADARSAT-2 is Canada's next-generation Synthetic Arpeture Radar (SAR) to follow up to the successful RADARSAT-1 satellite. RADARSAT-2 has been designed with significant technical advancements which include 3 meter high-resolution imaging, flexibility in selection of polarization, left and right-looking imaging options, superior data storage and more precise measurements of spacecraft position and attitude.

Two space launches were scrubbed today - a space shuttle and a Delta on opposite coasts. Both will try again Friday. [and more delays now noted in the comments.] Here are more details...