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A Canadian surveillance satellite will be put into orbit Tuesday, two years after the federal government scuttled its original launch because of sanctions against Russia.

The Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat), built by COM DEV but owned by the Department of National Defence, will be launched Tuesday night on an Indian rocket, the Canadian Space Agency was to announce on Monday.

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The satellite had been scheduled for launch on board a Russian rocket in June 2014 but the previous Conservative government aborted that because of Russia’s support of separatists in Ukraine and its annexation of the Crimea.

Canada has been trying to get the spacecraft into orbit ever since but has faced delays because of the lack of available rockets.

Other nations and organizations, however, haven’t shied away from using Russian launchers. A Norwegian Defence Department satellite, similar to the grounded M3MSat, was put into orbit by a Russian rocket in 2014. Two satellites, built by the space flight lab at the University of Toronto, were also launched by the Russians.