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$200,000.00 CAD

≈ 3 Canadians' average pay for a year

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2014-2015
Agreement period: January 26, 2015 – —
Reference: csa-asc:003-2014-2015-Q4-02421

Published purpose

This project entitled ""CanX-7 Deorbiting Demonstration Mission"" is a deorbiting demonstration mission involving a 3.5kg 10x10x34cm satellite deploying an atmospheric drag sail to accelerate return to Earth. The objective of the CanX-7 mission is to demonstrate technology (drag sail) that can be used on operational nano and microsatellite.

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