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Canada's Most Telescope Makes Its First Step Toward Space
Saint-Hubert - May 26, 2003 The Canadian Space Agency's MOST microsatellite is scheduled to blast into orbit on 30 June 2003. Built at Dynacon Inc. (Toronto) and the Universities of British Columbia and Toronto, MOST is being flown from Toronto to Moscow and will arrive at its launch site, the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, on May 26, 2003. MOST (which stands for "Microvariability & Oscillations of STars") will be Canada's first space telescope. Innovative Canadian technology has allowed the scientists to pack this telescope in a microsatellite the size and mass of a suitcase. Despite its modest dimensions, MOST will make specialized observations beyond the capacity of any other instrument, including the Hubble Space Telescope. MOST will probe the interior of stars, set a limit on the age of the Universe, and for the first time, detect the light reflected by mysterious planets beyond our Solar System. In Plesetsk, MOST will be checked out by a team of Canadian scientists and engineers, and then mounted onto a Russian "Rockot" launcher. This rocket booster was once a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile now converted to a peaceful scientific application. Once in orbit 820 km above the Earth's surface, MOST will circle the Earth once every 100 minutes, at a speed of about 27,000 km per hour, passing over ground stations in Toronto and Vancouver (and a backup in Vienna) several times a day. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Physics & Astronomy University of British Columbia Canadian Space Agency SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Technology News - Applications and Research
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