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Canadian Space News Issue 2-97
August 4, 1997
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From the Editor: It may sound like I am repeating myself, but here
we are, back again from several months hiatus... Hopefully this
issue gets to you in time for STS-85 (August 7).
Details for subscribing and unsubscribing are below.
Readership now numbers around 1,800. We therefore hope to keep
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...John Criswick
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NEWS BRIEFS
Bjarni Tryggvason on Shuttle Flight STS-85
The main news of the week concerns Shuttle flight STS-85, set
for launch at 10:41am EST August 7th. Bjarni Tryggvason will fly as
Payload Specialist on this space science mission. More
details can be found on CSA's STS-85 web site at:
http://www.astro.space.gc.ca/sts85/
which will be updated throughout the mission.
The orbit is of high inclination (57 degrees) so viewing
opportunities in Canada may exist. Landing is scheduled for
August 18, 1997. 7:29am. Under similar re-entry conditions
the Shuttle's (rather spectacular) plasma trail has been
viewed over the West Coast, e.g. Vancouver (or Kitimat where
Tryggvason is originally from).
Check:
http://ssl.berkeley.edu/isi_www/satpasses.html#sts
for your city's viewing opportunities.
Hadfield Second Flight Assignment
NASA has assigned Mission Specialist Chris Hadfield, to a
flight which will involve him as the first Canadian to
'spacewalk'. The mission STS-99 is set for launch in June
1999. Hadfield will take part in attaching the space station
remote manipulator system to the Space Station.
Space Science Update
VSOP
The VSOP program is turning out to be a huge success after
the February launch of the Japanese Halca spacecraft. The
Canadian VSOP science team is releasing its first official
image tomorrow morning. Check
http://www.science.sp-agency.ca/pub/imagelibrary.html
for the image.
MIM
STS-85 will carry the Microgravity Isolation Mount (MIM),
which was developed by Payload Specialist Bjarni
Tryggvason, and on it a fluid-physics experiment called
FLEX that will measure the capabilities of the MIM
instrument.
CAPE
The CAPE protein crystallization experiments will finally
make their way to the Mir space station on the Sept. 18
shuttle flight. Among the samples will be several dozen
from Canadian students who competed last year for the
opportunity.
MOPITT
MOPITT, Canada's first major pollution probe in space, will
be delivered to NASA in mid-August. The instrument will
make global measurements of carbon monoxide and methane in
the atmosphere over the next five years, beginning shortly
after its launch in June 1998.
CAL Corp. News
CAL Corporation, has won a contract to supply its new CALTRAC
Star Tracker to Aerospatiale of Toulouse, France for the
inaugural flight of the new multi-mission PROTEUS bus.
Having supplied numerous optical sensors for multiple space
science missions over the past 15 years, CAL has focused its
optical technology into a compact, high-speed star tracker
which combines unique attitude recovery capabilities with
traditional star sensor accuracy.
COM DEV News
Jul.2.97 - COM DEV's Space Group signed a long-term agreement
to provide Alcatel Espace with multiplexers and switches for
use in commercial communications satellites. Under the 3 year
agreement, COM DEV will supply Alcatel Espace with input and
output multiplexers and other microwave hardware with an
estimated value of more than $13 million per year.
May.23.97 - COM DEV's Space Group announced it had reached a
$5 million agreement to supply Matra Marconi Space UK Ltd.
with input and output multiplexers and integrated switch
assemblies for the ORION 2 satellite.
Apr.23.97 - COM DEV's Space Group announced the signing of a
three-year, US $12 million cooperative agreement with the
NASA Lewis Research Center to develop satellite payloads
using high temperature superconductors. The program is also
supported by the Department of National Defense and the
Canadian Space Agency.
Apr.23.97 - COM DEV's Space Group announced the signing of 2
contracts worth a total of $5.5 million with Matra Marconi
Space UK Ltd. COM DEV is to provide input and output switch
assemblies, multiplexers and ancillary equipment for the
INTELSAT K-TV and ASTRA 2B satellites.
MDA News
Two critical components for the European Space Agency's
ENVISAT ground receiving stations, developed by MacDonald
Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), are undergoing their on site
acceptance tests in Italy. MDA is supplying state-of-the-art
Direct Archive Systems (DAS) for the Advanced Synthetic
Aperture Radar (ASAR) and the ENVISAT ground stations, which
are to be completed in 1998. The ENVISAT satellite will be
launched in 1999.
RADARSAT International News
New RADARSAT data distribution agreements have been signed with
organizations in Pretoria, South Africa; Islamabad, Pakistan;
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Bangkok, Thailand and Chung-Li, Taiwan.
Spar News
Jul.30.97 - Spar ships Canadarm 303 to Kennedy Space Center.
The 303 was recently upgraded to handle heavier payloads to
support space station assembly flights.
Apr.8.97 - Spar receives go ahead from Canadian Government to
build the Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator - a part of
the Space Station Remote Manipulator System - under a $207
Million, three-year contract.
Telesat News
Jul.30.97 - Telesat Canada signed a Memorandum of Agreement
with the Mabuhay Philippines Satellite Corporation (MPSC)
for project management and engineering consulting services
and the provision of Telesat's Flight Dynamics System (FDS)
for the Agila-3 broadcast and communications satellite.
Jul.23.97 - Telesat Canada was awarded a multi-million
dollar contract to provide engineering consulting services
to the Arab Satellite Communications Organization, ARABSAT.
Telesat will monitor the construction of ARABSAT's third
generation satellite, the ARABSAT 3A. This direct broadcast
satellite is to be manufactured by Aerospatiale Espace &
Defence in Cannes, and by subcontractor Alcatel in Toulouse,
France. Telesat will staff field offices at both locations
for the 21-month duration of the construction program.
Apr.30.97 - Telesat Canada signed a contract with Korea
Telecom, for the provision of technical consulting services
associated with the construction, launch and in-orbit
testing of the KoreaSat-3 broadcast and communications
satellite.
Charged Hearts - National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, July.14.97 - Well, it's not exactly related to space,
but readers may be interested in a new media sculpture at
the National Gallery of Canada here in Ottawa. The exhibit,
called Charged Hearts, incorporates both an animation of
Solar disk images taken from the SOHO spacecraft, and a
Terrella. The Terella is a reconstruction of a device which
Kristian Birkeland used in the early 1900's to simulate the
Earth's Aurora. More details at www.charged-hearts.net. The
exhibit is on display in Ottawa until mid-September.
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES / EVENTS
Space Based Power Systems '97, Aug.24-28, Montreal
Large Meteorite Impacts and Planetary Evolution, Aug.30 - Sep.5, Sudbury
AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium, Oct.17-19, Toronto
For an extensive space industry conference listing, see:
http://www.spacejobs.com/events/
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RECENT ADDITIONS/REGISTRATIONS/CHANGES TO THE WWW
CSA STS-85 Mission Site http://www.astro.space.gc.ca/sts85/
- this site will contain some daily
updates during the course of the
mission so stay tuned to it.
Canadian Astronaut Program http://www.astro.space.gc.ca/
- you will need to have JavaScript
enabled and definitely use Netscape
3.0 or later, plus your Shockwave
plugin. If not, you may just see
only some obscure text.
MPB Technologies http://www.mpb-technologies.ca/
- recent CA Domain registration,
but no web site yet
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada http://www.rasc.ca/
- and the Ottawa Centre at:
ottawa.rasc.ca
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