Microsat Systems Canada

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Microsat Systems Canada Inc.
legal form Corporation
founding 1975
Seat Mississauga , Ontario Canada
CanadaCanada 
management David Cooper
Branch Space travel
Website MSCinc.

Microsat Systems Canada Inc. (MSCI) is a subsidiary of the Canadian company Dynacon Inc. based in Mississauga , Ontario , Canada . The company designs, builds and manufactures specialized space systems for NASA , CSA and other space agencies and companies. The company specialized in the construction of so-called microsatellites ( small satellites ) and their individual components, which can be manufactured and operated much more cheaply than conventional systems.

history

The company emerged from Dynacon in 1975.

Missions

MOST and NEOSSat

The current missions include the two projects of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) MOST and NEOSSat . Microsat Systems Canada supplies the complete microsatellites used for space exploration. The first Canadian MOST space telescope was launched into space on June 30, 2003 from the Russian spaceport in Plesezk. This made MOST the first Canadian space telescope in space. When the Canadian space agency was unable to finance MOST for financial reasons, Microsat took over operation of the telescope in October 2014.

Previously, on February 25, 2013, NEOSSat, Canada's second space telescope, was launched. This satellite was also developed by Microsat.

COMMStellation

On January 19, 2011, the company published the COMMStellation project . The project involved a network of up to 78 microcommunication satellites, with which it should be possible to provide comprehensive communication coverage, even in the most extreme areas of the world, in which a conventional method is not worthwhile or is too expensive. The start of the first satellites was planned for 2018, but in 2015 Telesat applied to take over the frequency spectrum assigned to COMMStellation , which it succeeded in doing for the Telesat LEO project.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ross Gillett: The MOST Space Telescope Joins the Private Sector. In: The Commercial Space Blog. April 13, 2015, accessed May 22, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Elizabeth Howell: MOST is 13 years old today. In: Motherboard. June 30, 2016, accessed May 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ MSCI: What is COMMSTELLATION. May 24, 2013, accessed on January 8, 2019 (English): "COMMStellation ™ is scheduled for launch in 2018"
  4. ↑ Innovation Government of Canada: Approval in principle - Telesat Canada (COMMSTELLATION). Retrieved May 15, 2019 .