Space Flight Laboratory (University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace
$718,066.00 CAD
≈ 9 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Canadian Space Agency
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2016-2017
- Agreement period
- January 20, 2017 – March 31, 2023
- Reference
- csa-asc:003-2016-2017-Q4-03280
Published purpose
The purpose of this contribution is to provide one additional year of support to the operations of the BRITE (BRight Target Explorer) nanosatellite launched in 2014. BRITE is a unique small space telescope, a Canadian innovation with international partners, to study the brighter stars in our galaxy.
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