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The Canadian Space Agency (CSA or, in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
, l'Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) is the Canadian government space agency responsible for Canada

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
's space

Outer space

Outer space comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace and terrestrial locations....
program. It was established in March 1989 by the Canadian Space Agency Act and sanctioned in December 1990. The Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking Corporate title or Administration in charge of total management of a corporation, company, non-profit organization, or government agency, reporting to the board of directors....
of the agency is the President

President

President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, company, trade unions, university, and country. Etymology, a "president" is one who Wiktionary:Preside, who sits in leadership ....
who reports to the Minister of Industry

Minister of Industry (Canada)

The Minister of Industry is the Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada who is responsible for overseeing the federal government's economic development and corporation affairs department, Industry Canada....
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The headquarters of the CSA is located at John H. Chapman Space Centre

John H. Chapman Space Centre

The John H. Chapman Space Centre is the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency. It is located in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Saint-Hubert, Quebec....
in Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Saint-Hubert is a Boroughs of Longueuil in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, located in the Mont?r?gie of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring South Shore municipalities were Municipal reorganization in Quebec into Longueuil....
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The Canadian Space Agency (CSA or, in French

French language

Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
's space

Outer space

Chief executive officer

President

Minister of Industry (Canada)

John H. Chapman Space Centre

The John H. Chapman Space Centre is the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency. It is located in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Saint-Hubert, Quebec....
in Saint-Hubert, Quebec

Saint-Hubert, Quebec

David Florida Laboratory

The David Florida Laboratory is the Canadian Space Agency's spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre, in Shirley's Bay, just west of Ottawa....
(which is mainly an engineering installation) and small liaison offices in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....
; Paris, France; Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 8,829 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2005, the city had a population of 10,523....
; and Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
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The agency is a relatively modest federal establishment, with only 575 employees and a rotating student population of about 100 interns or summer workers. Most of the staff is at the Chapman Centre.

In December 2007 Minister Jim Prentice appointed Guy Bujold as the president of the Canadian Space Agency.

Steve MacLean

Steven MacLean (astronaut)

Steven Glenwood MacLean is a Canada astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 2, 2008.He was born in Ottawa, Ontario and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec....
was named as president on September 2, 2008 .

History

With the launch of Alouette 1

Alouette 1

Alouette 1 was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite operated by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette I is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from the third country ever to do so, but numerous Sputnik and Explorer program missions preceded...
in 1962 Canada became the third country to put a man-made satellite into space. The mission was successful beyond expectations, for although it was scheduled to proceed for one year, it in fact lasted for ten. This prompted further study of the ionosphere

Ionosphere

The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the Earth's atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere....
with the international ISIS

ISIS (satellite)

ISIS I and II were the third and fourth satellites that were launched in a series of Canada satellites sent up to study the ionosphere. After the success of Canada's Alouette 1, Canada and the United States decided to jointly launch three more satellites which they called the ISIS program....
program, which in 1993 was designated an International Milestone of Electrical Engineering by IEEE

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or IEEE is an international non-profit, professional body for the advancement of technology related to electricity....
. It should be noted, however, that Canada has never had any domestic launch capabilities of its own. While Alouette 1 was entirely built and funded by Canada, it was launched by the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
) from Vandenberg AFB in California

California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
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Another Canadian first was the launch of Anik

Anik (satellite)

The Anik satellites are geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada. In Inuktitut Anik means "little brother"....
A-1 in 1972, making Canada the first country in the world to have its own domestic geostationary communication satellite network.

Mission and mandate

The Canadian Space Agency Act is the Act

Act of Parliament

An act of Parliament is a statute wikt:enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. It is broadly equivalent to an act of Congress in the United States....
of the Parliament of Canada

Parliament of Canada

The Parliament of Canada is Canada's legislature, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The Governor General of Canada appoints the 105 members of the upper house, the Canadian Senate, on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada....
which established the Canadian Space Agency. The Act received royal assent

Royal Assent

The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarchy completes the legislative process of lawmaking by formally assenting to an Act of Parliament....
on May 10, 1990 and came into force on December 14, 1990.

The legislated mandate of the CSA is:

"To promote the peaceful use and development of space, to advance the knowledge of space through science and to ensure that space science and technology provide social and economic benefits for Canadians."

The Canadian Space Agency's mission statement says that the agency is committed to leading the development and application of space knowledge for the benefit of Canadians and humanity.

To achieve this, the CSA attempts to promote an environment where all levels of the organization:

pursue excellence collectively
advocate a client-oriented attitude
support employee-oriented practices and open communications
commit themselves to both empowerment and accountability
pledge to cooperate and work with partners to mutual benefit

Cooperation with other national agencies

The CSA has several formal and informal partnerships and collaborative programs or agreements with space agencies in other countries, such as NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
, ESA

European Space Agency

The European Space Agency , established in 1975, is an intergovernmentalism organisation dedicated to the Space exploration, currently with 18 member states....
and JAXA

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

The , or JAXA, is Japan national aerospace agency. JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution through the merger of three previously independent organizations....
, ISRO.

Since January 1, 1979 Canada has had the special status of a cooperating state with the ESA, paying for the privilege and also investing in working time and providing scientific instruments which are placed on European probes. On June 21, 2000 the accord was renewed for a fourth period, this time for 10 years. By virtue of this accord Canada takes part in ESA deliberative bodies and decision-making and in ESA's programmes and activities. Canadian firms can bid for and receive contracts to work on programmes. The accord has a provision specifically ensuring a fair industrial return to Canada.

The CSA visited the China National Space Administration

China National Space Administration

The China National Space Administration is the national List of space agencies of the People's Republic of China responsible for the national Chinese space program....
in October 2005 and planned to reach a deal soon to put Canadian scientific instruments in two Chinese satellites. There was also speculation about China

China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
in the future perhaps wanting the Canadarm2 technology for its planned space station

Space station

A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. So far only low earth orbit stations are implemented, also known as orbital stations....
, but as of , the CNSA has not raised the possibility.

Canadian Space Program

The Canadian Space Program is also administered by the Canadian Space Agency. Canada has contributed technology, expertise and personnel to the world space effort, especially in collaboration with NASA

NASA

Steven MacLean

Steven MacLean may refer to:* Steven MacLean , Canadian astronaut* Steve MacLean , Scottish footballer...
is Chief Astronaut of CSA.

In addition to its astronauts, some of the most notable Canadian technological contributions to space exploration are the Canadarm on the Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System , is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions....
as well as the Canadarm2 and the rest of the Mobile Servicing System

Mobile Servicing System

The Mobile Servicing System , better known by its primary component Canadarm2, is a robotic system and associated equipment on the International Space Station....
on the International Space Station

International Space Station

The International Space Station is a research facility Assembly of the International Space Station in outer space. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998, and is scheduled to be complete by 2011, with operations continuing until around 2015....
. The Canadarm and Canadarm2 are assisted by the Advanced Space Vision System

Advanced Space Vision System

The Advanced Space Vision System is a computer vision system designed primarily for International Space Station assembly. The system uses regular 2D cameras in the Space Shuttle bay, on the Canadarm, or on the ISS along with cooperative targets to calculate the 3D position of an object....
which allows more efficient use of the robotic arms. Another example is the Orbiter Boom Sensor System

Orbiter Boom Sensor System

The Orbiter Boom Sensor System is a 50-foot boom carried on board NASA's Space Shuttles. The boom can be grappled by the Canadarm and serves as an extension of the arm, doubling its length to a combined total of 100 feet....
, which is an extension of the Canadarm used to inspect the Space Shuttle's thermal Protection System

Space shuttle thermal protection system

The Space Shuttle thermal protection system is the barrier that protects the Space Shuttle Orbiter during the searing 1650 Celsius heat of atmospheric reentry....
for damage while in orbit.

With the successful launching of Radarsat 2 in December 2007 and near completion of Canada's C$1.4 billion contribution to the ISS the agency in early 2008 found itself with no major follow on projects. This fact was highlighted by Marc Garneau, Canada's first astronaut and former head of the CSA who in the fall of 2007 called upon the Canadian government to develop and institute a space policy for Canada.

Modest steps have been taken to resolve this problem. In November 2008, the Agency signed a $40 million 16-month contract with MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. of Vancouver to begin the design of the RADARSAT Constellation (3 satellite) mission. In the 2009 Federal budget, the agency was awarded funding for the preliminary design of robotic Lunar/Martian rovers. As of 2009 the agency is also in the final stages of the selection of new members of the astronaut corps. However the fact remains that the Agency is without overall direction and that the support of the government of Canada is grudging at best. As of 2009 funding remains stagnant at about C$350,000,000 a year.

Canadians in space

Eight Canadians have participated in 13 NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
manned missions:

Name	Shuttle	Mission	Launch date	Notes
Marc Garneau Marc Garneau Captain Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, Order of Canada, Canadian Forces Decoration, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute is a Canadian astronaut, engineer and politician....	Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service, Space Shuttle Columbia being the first. Its maiden flight was on April 4, 1983, and it completed nine missions before breaking apart 73 seconds after the launch of its tenth mission, STS-51-L on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seve...	STS-41-G STS-41-G STS 41-G marked the 13th flight of a Space Shuttle and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle Challenger. It conducted the second landing at Kennedy Space Center....	October 5, 1984	First Canadian in space
Roberta Bondar Roberta Bondar Roberta Lynn Bondar, Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Royal Society of Canada is Canada first woman astronaut and the world's first neurologist in space....	Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-42 STS-42 STS-42 was a Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery mission with the Spacelab module. Liftoff which was originally scheduled for 8:45 North American Eastern Time Zone January 22, 1992, but the launch was delayed due to weather constraints....	January 22, 1992	First Canadian woman in space
Steven MacLean Steven MacLean (astronaut) Steven Glenwood MacLean is a Canada astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 2, 2008.He was born in Ottawa, Ontario and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec....	Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. Its first mission, STS-1, lasted from April 12 to April 14, 1981....	STS-52 STS-52 STS-52 was a Space Transportation System mission, launched 22 October 1992....	October 22, 1992
Chris Hadfield Chris Hadfield Chris Austin Hadfield is a Canada astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency who was the first Canadian to walk in space.Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario....	Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-74 STS-74 STS-74 was a Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Atlantis mission to the Mir space station. It was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, and it carried out the second docking of a Space Shuttle to Mir....	November 12, 1995	Only Canadian to visit Mir Mir *Mir* was a Soviet Union orbital station. Mir was the world's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space, and the first 'third generation' type space station, constructed over a number of years with a Space station#Modular....
Marc Garneau Marc Garneau Captain Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, Order of Canada, Canadian Forces Decoration, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute is a Canadian astronaut, engineer and politician....	Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-77 STS-77 STS-77 was a Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Endeavour mission that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on May 19, 1996.Crew* John H....	May 19, 1996
Robert Thirsk Robert Thirsk Robert Brent "Bob" Thirsk, M.D. is a Canada engineer and a Canadian Space Agency astronaut.Thirsk is from New Westminster, British Columbia and is married to Brenda Biasutti of Montreal, Quebec....	Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. Its first mission, STS-1, lasted from April 12 to April 14, 1981....	STS-78 STS-78 STS-78 was the fifth dedicated Life and Microgravity Spacelab mission for the Space Shuttle program, flown partly in preparation for the International Space Station project....	June 20, 1996
Bjarni Tryggvason Bjarni Tryggvason Bjarni V. Tryggvason, D.Eng is a retired Canada astronaut who flew on the American Space Shuttle to the Russian Space Station Mir in 1997....	Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-85 STS-85 STS-85 was a Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform multiple space science packages. It was launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on August 7, 1997....	August 7, 1997
Dafydd Williams Dafydd Williams Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams is a Canada physician and a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He flew on STS-90 in 1998 and STS-118 in August 2007....	Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet. Its first mission, STS-1, lasted from April 12 to April 14, 1981....	STS-90 STS-90 STS-90 is a mission of the United States Space Shuttle....	April 17, 1998
Julie Payette Julie Payette Julie Payette is an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency who currently works primarily with NASA. Payette is a French Canadian, who is fluent in English language....	Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-96 STS-96 STS-96 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Discovery, and the first shuttle flight to dock with the International Space Station....	May 27, 1999	First Canadian to visit the ISS International Space Station The International Space Station is a research facility Assembly of the International Space Station in outer space. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998, and is scheduled to be complete by 2011, with operations continuing until around 2015....
Marc Garneau Marc Garneau Captain Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau, Order of Canada, Canadian Forces Decoration, Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute is a Canadian astronaut, engineer and politician....	Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-97 STS-97 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour....	November 30, 2000	ISS International Space Station The International Space Station is a research facility Assembly of the International Space Station in outer space. On-orbit construction of the station began in 1998, and is scheduled to be complete by 2011, with operations continuing until around 2015.... mission
Chris Hadfield Chris Hadfield Chris Austin Hadfield is a Canada astronaut from the Canadian Space Agency who was the first Canadian to walk in space.Hadfield was born in Sarnia, Ontario....	Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-100 STS-100 STS-100 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-100 installed the ISS Canadarm2 robotic arm....	April 19, 2001	First spacewalk by a Canadian
Steven MacLean Steven MacLean (astronaut) Steven Glenwood MacLean is a Canada astronaut. He is the current President of the Canadian Space Agency, appointed on September 2, 2008.He was born in Ottawa, Ontario and is married to Nadine Wielgopolski of Hull, Quebec....	Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis Space Shuttle Atlantis is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-115 STS-115 STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis. It was the first ISS assembly sequence to the ISS after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, following the two successful Return to Flight missions, STS-114 and STS-121....	September 9, 2006	Second spacewalk by a Canadian
Dafydd Williams Dafydd Williams Dafydd Rhys "Dave" Williams is a Canada physician and a Canadian Space Agency astronaut. He flew on STS-90 in 1998 and STS-118 in August 2007....	Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....	STS-118 STS-118 STS-118 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-118 successfully lifted off on August 8, 2007 from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center , Florida and landed at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC on August 21, 2007....	August 27, 2007	Third spacewalk by a Canadian

Note: Michael McKay resigned due to medical reasons and Kenneth Money

Kenneth Money

Kenneth Money is the Senior Scientist at the Defense and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine in Toronto. He has published over one hundred science articles and authored six different topics in the World Book Encyclopedia....
resigned in 1992, eight years after his selection; neither flew in space.

Canadian satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
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Name	Launched	Retired	Purpose
Alouette 1 Alouette 1 *Alouette 1* was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite operated by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette I is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from the third country ever to do so, but numerous Sputnik and Explorer program missions preceded...	September 29, 1962	1972	Explore the ionosphere Ionosphere The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the Earth's atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere....
Alouette 2 Alouette 2 Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 4h48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer program from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California....	November 29, 1965	August 1, 1975	Explore the ionosphere Ionosphere The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the Earth's atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere....
ISIS-I ISIS (satellite) ISIS I and II were the third and fourth satellites that were launched in a series of Canada satellites sent up to study the ionosphere. After the success of Canada's Alouette 1, Canada and the United States decided to jointly launch three more satellites which they called the ISIS program....	January 30, 1969	1990	Explore the ionosphere Ionosphere The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the Earth's atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere....
ISIS-II ISIS (satellite) ISIS I and II were the third and fourth satellites that were launched in a series of Canada satellites sent up to study the ionosphere. After the success of Canada's Alouette 1, Canada and the United States decided to jointly launch three more satellites which they called the ISIS program....	April 1, 1971	1990	Explore the ionosphere Ionosphere The ionosphere is the uppermost part of the Earth's atmosphere, distinguished because it is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important part in atmospheric electricity and forms the inner edge of the magnetosphere....
Hermes Hermes Communications Technology Satellite The Hermes Communications Technology Satellite was an experimental high-power direct broadcast communications satellite which was also known as the CTS or simply as the Hermes....	January 17, 1976	November, 1979	Experimental communications satellite Communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. Modern communications satellites use a variety of orbits including geostationary orbits, Molniya orbits, other elliptical orbits and low Earth orbits....
RADARSAT-1 RADARSAT-1 RADARSAT-1 is Canada's first commercial Earth observation satellite. It was launched at 14h22 Coordinated Universal Time on November 4, 1995 from Vandenberg AFB in California, into a sun-synchronous orbit above the Earth with an altitude of 798 kilometers and inclination of 98.6 degrees....	November 4, 1995	Still in use	Commercial Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed to observe Earth from orbit, similar toreconnaissance satellites but intended for non-military uses such as natural environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc....
MOST Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope The Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope, better known simply as MOST, is Canada's first and only space telescope. It is also the smallest space telescope in the world ....	June 30, 2003	Still in use	Space telescope
SCISAT-1 SCISAT-1 SCISAT-1 is a Canadian satellite designed to make observations of the Earth's atmosphere. Its most important instrument is an optical Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, the ACE-FTS Instrument....	August 12, 2003	Still in use	Observe the Earth's atmosphere Earth's atmosphere The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth that is retained by the Earth's gravity. Dry air contains roughly 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.038% Carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, and trace amounts of other gases....
RADARSAT-2 RADARSAT-2 RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14 2007 for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome....	December 14, 2007	Still in use	Commercial Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellite Earth observation satellites are satellites specifically designed to observe Earth from orbit, similar toreconnaissance satellites but intended for non-military uses such as natural environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc....
CASSIOPE Cassiope *Cassiope* is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions....	Scheduled for 2009		CAScade, Smallsat and IOnospheric Polar Explorer

Additionally, there are some commercial satellites launched by the telecommunications company Telesat Canada

Telesat Canada

Telesat Canada is a Canadian satellite communications company founded on May 2, 1969. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario as well as having offices in the United States and Brazil....
. These are the 13 Anik

Anik (satellite)

The Anik satellites are geostationary communications satellites launched by Telesat Canada for television in Canada. In Inuktitut Anik means "little brother"....
satellites (3 of which are still in use), the 3 Nimiq

Nimiq

The Nimiq satellites are four Canada Geostationary satellite telecommunications satellites owned by Telesat and used by satellite television provider Bell TV....
satellites (all currently used by Bell TV), and a satellite called M-Sat 1 launched April 20, 1996 at 22h36 UTC

Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation....
.

Further, technology/research satellites have been launched by the University of Toronto, including the CanX series.

Space Agency Locations

John H. Chapman Space Centre
John H. Chapman Space Centre

The John H. Chapman Space Centre is the headquarters of the Canadian Space Agency. It is located in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Saint-Hubert, Quebec....
- Longueuil, Quebec
Longueuil, Quebec

Longueuil is a city in located in the Mont?r?gie of Quebec, and part of Greater Montreal. It sits on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal, in southwestern Quebec....
David Florida Laboratory
David Florida Laboratory

The David Florida Laboratory is the Canadian Space Agency's spacecraft assembly, integration and testing centre, in Shirley's Bay, just west of Ottawa....
- Ottawa, Ontario
Fort Churchill
Fort Churchill (rocket launch site)

Fort Churchill is a rocket launching complex located in Churchill, Manitoba at . The site has been used on and off since the mid-1950s for sub-orbital launches of various sounding rockets during several major studies....
- Manitoba
Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....

Canadian Space Agency

History

Mission and mandate

Cooperation with other national agencies

Canadian Space Program

Canadians in space

Canadian satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
s

Space Agency Locations

See also

External links

Canadian Space Agency

History

Mission and mandate

Cooperation with other national agencies

Canadian Space Program

Canadians in space

Canadian satelliteSatelliteIn the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....s

Space Agency Locations

See also

External links

Canadian satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
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