CanX 2

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General

Designation	32785 / 08021C
Launch date	28 Apr 2008
Country of origin	Canada
Mission	Technology
Perigee/Apogee	633 km, sun-synchronous
Inclination	98°
Period	97.4 min
Launch vehicle	PSLV #13

Operated by University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS).

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External resources

http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/CanX2/

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	University of Toronto
Platform
Mass at launch	3.5 km
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power
Design lifetime

Carries a GPS radio occultation experiment to characterize the upper atmosphere (Calgary), an atmospheric spectrometer to measure greenhouse gases (York), a network communications experiment (Carleton), and a space materials experiments (Toronto) for various universities.

Telemetry (GMSK AX.25): 437.478 MHz & 2407.650 MHz

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