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NLS-4 Launch Rescheduled:
Set for March 2008 on the Antrix PSLV
The NLS-4 Status Page is now available and will be continuously updated with the latest launch information including early orbit operations. Click here to continue.
NLS-5 Launch Scheduled:
for Q2 2008 on the Antrix PSLV
UTIAS/SFL has signed a Launch Services Agreement with Antrix Corporation for Q2 2008 launch for the NLS-5 payload aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). NLS-5 will include the 7 kg 20x20x20 cm CanX-6 spacecraft.
NLS-4 Launch Scheduled:
Set for June 30, 2007 on the Antrix PSLV
UTIAS/SFL has signed a Launch Services Agreement with Antrix Corporation for a June 30, 2007 launch aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
Canadian Space Gazette:
The Canadian Advanced Nanospace eXperiment 2
An overview of the CanX-2 program and the follow-on CanX-4 and CanX-5 mission, published in the August 2006 issue of the Canadian Space Gazette.
[PDF File, except of the complete Canadian Space Gazette]
RCI Lecture:
The MOST Space Telescope: Big Science on a Small Platform
Dr. Robert E. Zee presented the MOST mission to the Royal Canadian Institute in an hour-long talk.
Toronto Star:
Canada leads cosmic search for new Earth - January 12, 2006
Canada's bargain-basement "Humble" space telescope has launched a search for Earth-sized planets around distant stars, a feat none of the much bigger and costlier telescopes in space or on the ground can match.
NanoSatellite Ejection System Successfully Demonstrated in Space - November 7, 2005
The UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory celebrates the success of its custom nanosatellite ejection system, the “T-POD v1.7”, that was used to deploy three 10-cm CubeSats from the SSETI Express microsatellite.
Spaceflight Now:
Russian rocket launches batch of tiny satellites - October 27, 2005
An international cluster of diminutive spacecraft from at least seven nations rode a Russian Kosmos rocket into space this morning. Included is a trip of 10-cm Nanosatellites to be deployed by a T-POD device from the UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory of Toronto.
Toronto Sun:
U of T's tiny eye set for the sky - September 1, 2005
Jason Tchir reports that a satellite the size of a milk carton could be the next big thing in space
Toronto Star:
Tiny Satellite Packs Punch - August 31, 2005
Peter Calamai reports that the University of Toronto unveils its high-tech wonder CanX-2.
Red Herring:
Satellite Slimdown - August 31, 2005
Red Herring reports that tesearchers at the University of Toronto demonstrated on Wednesday the feasibility of a satellite the size of a milk carton that could breathe new life into an industry that has problems finding applications that it could sustain, considering its peculiar economics.
CSA News Release:
Two years of amazing discoveries for Canada's "Humble Space Telescope"
Soon after its launch two years ago by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Canada's "Humble Space Telescope" started making amazing observations-beyond the capacity of any other Earth- or space-based instrument.
AMSAT Praises Cooperation with UTIAS/SFL - August 13, 2004
Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, President of AMSAT-NA, acknowledges and praises the cooperation between AMSAT and UTIAS/SFL that resulted in the highly successful MOST microsatellite.
Toronto Star:
Canadian telescope's stellar stakeout shakes scientists' theories of stars - July 2, 2004
Peter Calamai reports that Canada's 'Humble' space telescope has just schocked astronomers -- by finding nothing when it focussed for a month on the eighth brightest star in the winter night sky.
Universe Today:
New Observations of Procyon Defy Expectations - July 1, 2004
Universe Today reports that MOST, Canada's first space telescope, celebrates its first brithday today, but its latest surprising results could spoil the party for other astronomers whose earlier results are now being questioned.
Canada's First Space Telescope Finds Stellar "Flat Liner" - June 30, 2004
MOST, Canada's first space telescope, celebrates its first birthday today, but its latest surprising results could spoil the party for other astronomers whose earlier results are now being questioned.
Universe Today:
MOST Measures the Pulse of a Star - June 16, 2004
Universe Today reports that MOST, Canada's first space telescope, is shaking up the way astronomers think about stars -- and putting a new spin on the life story of our own Sun -- by allowing astronomers to see in unprecedented detail how stars shake and spin.
Satellite finds unexpected - June 16, 2004
The Winnipeg Sun reports that the mission scientist behind the country's first space telescope is calling the $10-million project a Canadian success story.
CBC News:
'Humble' Canadian Telescope Watches Stars Spin - June 15, 2004
CBC News reports on how scientists have used Canada's first microsatellite and space telescope to see how stars shake and spin in unprecedented detail. The findings may help scientists to understand what the sun was like in its youth.
First Results from Canada's "Humble" Space Telescope Announced - June 15, 2004
Newswise presents the Press Release with the first results from Canada's space telescope that were publicly announced today at a news conference in Winnipeg, Canada, at a meeting of astronomers and physicists.
Toronto Star:
Tiny Telescope Exceeds High Hopes - February 28, 2004
Toronto Star Science Reporter Peter Calamari reports on the success of the MOST microsatellite.
MOST Science Team Praises Engineering Team - February 4, 2004
During their regular meeting at UBC, the MOST Science Team officially expresses its admiration and gratitude to the Satellite Teams at Dynacon Inc. and the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) for their exemplary work on the MOST Mission.
"First
Light" for Canada's First Space Telescope - July 30,
2003
The MOST satellite opened its sensitive
eye to the stars for the first time yesterday. Astronomers
call this milestone for a telescope "first light."
Major In-Orbit Milestone for Dynacon's MOST Microsatellite - July
25, 2003
Dynacon Inc. today announced that a
major milestone in the commissioning of the MOST microsatellite
was achieved today, with the successful detumbling of the
satellite. MOST was launched on June 30...
CBC News:
'Humble'
Canadian telescope in orbit - July 3, 2003
Canada's first space telescope blasted off from Russia
Monday and is in a proper orbit, according to the Canadian
Space Agency.
National
Post:
Canada's tiny space telescope rockets into orbit - July 1,
2003
VANCOUVER -- Canada's tiny space telescope
streaked into the heavens on a Russian rocket yesterday, leaving
one happy gang of scientists and space officials on the ground.
The
successful launch of MOST into space - June 30, 2003
Bremen
/ Plesetsk, 30 June 2003. Eurockot Launch Services GmbH successfully
launched the Multiple Orbit Mission into different orbits
today at 14:15 GMT using the ROCKOT launch system from ...
Canadian
Microsatellite "Phones Home" to Dynacon's Team -
June 30, 2003
TORONTO, June 30 /CNW/ - Dynacon Inc.
today confirmed that first contact was made successfully with
the MOST satellite at 4:51 PM EDT. Radio contact was made
during the first pass of MOST over...
Globe & Mail:
'Humble' Canadian space telescope set for launch - June 30,
2003
Numerous scientific fingers are being anxiously crossed and
recrossed as astronomers from Toronto to Plesetsk, Russia,
await news of the launch today of Canada's small and "humble"
space telescope.
Toronto
Star:
Getting the MOST out of space: All-Canadian microsatellite
to study far planets - June 29, 2003
OTTAWA—It began life as the weird kid brother, mocked
by the other guys in the science satellite gang.
CSA
News Release:
Canada's First Space Telescope Successfully Launched Into
Space - June 29, 2003
Saint-Hubert, June 30, 2003 -- The Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
today confirmed the successful launch of its first space telescope
from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia. Called MOST...
Canadian
Space Agency shows off 'humble' space telescope - August 2,
2002
The Canadian Space Agency's $10 million MOST (Microvariability
and Oscillation of STars) telescope is the size of a suitcase.
Canada's
First Space Telescope Unveiled - August 1, 2002
Saint-Hubert, Quebec, August 1, 2002 – The Canadian Space
Agency (CSA), Dynacon Incorporated, the University
of Toronto and the University of British Columbia (UBC) unveiled
today ...
Cheapest Space Telescope: Making the MOST of $10 million
- July 30, 2002
The
mantra 'bigger is better' is popular among astronomers, who
develop ever-larger telescopes for a better view of the universe.
But in Canada, where researchers are building the smallest
space ...
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