Media Advisory - Canadian students prepare their CubeSats for launch

LONGUEUIL, QC, June 28, 2022 /CNW/ - On June 29, Canadian students from Dalhousie University and the University of Victoria will be at Canadian Space Agency (CSA) headquarters to finalize the preparation of their CubeSats for launch. They are the first students from the Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP) to reach this important milestone, confirming their miniature satellites are qualified to be launched into space and deployed from the International Space Station.

Under the CCP, 15 teams of students from each province and territory designed and built their own CubeSat with the guidance of CSA experts, as well as representatives from the Canadian space industry.

Media are invited to the CSA to capture footage of the integration of Dalhousie University's LORIS (Low Orbit Reconnaissance Imagery Satellite) and the University of Victoria's ORCASat (Optical and radio calibration of atmospheric attenuation CubeSat).

Media interested in capturing imagery or doing interviews may contact the CSA's Media Relations Office (phone number and email address below). Interviews may also be done virtually.

NOTE: Because of the nature of the activity, media will have limited access to the laboratory.

Date:	June 29, 2022
Time:	8:00 a.m. ET: integration of LORIS (Dalhousie University)
	10:00 a.m. ET: integration of ORCASat (University of Victoria)
What:	Final preparation of first CCP CubeSats for launch
Who:	CCP teams
	Nanoracks representatives
	CSA experts
Where:	John H. Chapman Space Centre
	6767 Route de l'Aéroport
	Longueuil, Quebec J3Y 8Y9

Website: https://asc-csa.gc.ca/
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Canadian Space Agency, Media Relations Office, Telephone: [phone], Email: [email protected]