The Governing Council of the University of Toronto

$150,000.00 CAD

≈ 23 months of average Canadian pay

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: 2024-2025
Agreement period: March 19, 2025 – March 1, 2028
Reference: csa-asc:003-2024-2025-Q4-00047

Published purpose

The Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto is contributing the primary science camera, the U of T developed “LUVCam” to the Czech National space telescope mission: Quick Ultra-VIolet Kilonova surveyor (QUVIK). The Dunlap Institute is granted full partnership and Co-I status on QUVIK, access to all data, and observing time on the mission. Graduate students, faculty, fellows, and staff are flying LUVCam on the GRBBeta CubeSat mission, which launched in July 2024 as technology development precursor to QUVIK. LUVCam will open a new path to low-cost, highquality space astronomy for universities and scientists worldwide.

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