Magellan Aerospace
Delivers CASSIOPE Small Satellite Bus To MDA
(9 July 2008) Magellan Aerospace
announced today successful formal delivery acceptance of the CASSIOPE small
satellite bus by Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of
Vancouver.
CASSIOPE is a multi-purpose mission to conduct space
environment research and advanced telecommunications technology demonstration.
The bus has completed integration and testing at Magellan's Winnipeg
facilities, and will now begin instrument integration and spacecraft-level
testing. The integrated spacecraft will be shipped to test facilities in Ottawa
later in 2008 for environmental testing. CASSIOPE is scheduled for launch in
2009.
The CASSIOPE bus is the first of the MAC-200 small satellite buses
developed by Magellan to meet the needs of the Canadian Space Agency's small
satellite missions. Magellan designed the MAC-200 bus to incorporate standard
subsystems and components that can be tailored to the spacecraft layout for
individual missions.
The MAC-200 accommodates a range of mission
requirements, instrument interfaces and launcher environments in a
cost-effective manner and will support mission lifetimes of up to 7 years. The
MAC-200 development was built on the experience and success of Magellan's
SCISAT-1, the first small satellite developed in Canada in over 40 years.
SCISAT-1 continues to perform flawlessly in orbit after nearly 5 years,
providing scientists with critical data on the ozone layer and other
atmospheric constituents.
About Magellan Aerospace
Corporation:
Magellan Aerospace Corporation is one of the world's most
integrated and comprehensive aerospace industry suppliers. Magellan designs,
engineers, and manufactures aeroengine and aerostructure assemblies and
components for aerospace markets, advanced products for military and space
markets, and complementary specialty products. Magellan is a public company
whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, with operating units
throughout Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.
(source:
Magellan Aerospace)
