Media Advisory: Canadian Satellite CASSIOPE Ready to Launch
(firmenpresse) - LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwired) -- 09/27/13 -- The Canadian satellite CASSIOPE (Cascade SmallSat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer) is ready for its second attempt to launch. The event is planned on September 29th with a launch window opening at noon (12 p.m. EDT). CASSIOPE will lift off from Vandenberg, California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.. With CASSIOPE, Canada is looking to make a significant contribution to unravelling the mysteries of space weather.
The launch will be broadcast live on the .
CASSIOPE is a multi-purpose mission designed to conduct space environment research and telecommunications technology demonstration. Its scientific payload ePOP (enhanced polar outflow probe) will observe the ionosphere and enable scientists to collect new data on space storms in Earth's upper atmosphere and assess their potential impacts. CASSIOPE also includes the Cascade technology demonstrator for high speed store and forward information delivery.
This science mission was developed as a result of a close collaboration between several key partners including the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), 10 Canadian universities led by the University of Calgary and 2 research organizations, amongst others.
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Canadian Space Agency
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Marie-Helene Thibeault
403-220-7056
mailto:m.thibeault(at)ucalgary.ca
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Datum: 27.09.2013 - 04:00 Uhr
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