Media Advisory - Activity Days and Opportunity to Attend STRATOS Campaign Balloon Launches
LONGUEUIL, QC, Aug. 21, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - On August 22 and 23, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will be hosting a number of activities as part of its STRATOS campaign. A delegation from the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) led by its President, Jean-Yves Le Gall, will accompany the CSA delegation represented onsite by its President, Sylvain Laporte, to take part in a series of briefings and activities including a balloon launch.
STRATOS is the CSA's stratospheric balloon program. It provides Canadian universities and businesses with an opportunity to test and validate new technology and perform scientific experiments in a near-space environment.
A stratospheric balloon will be launched at the Timmins Base carrying experiments designed by Canadian teams.
Local Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) summer camp students and media will be able to attend workshops and tour the launch and control sites. Krishna Nair, a Grade 8 student invited by the CSA, will also launch the Project Taurus weather balloon she developed as part of a school assignment earlier this year.
Media representatives are invited to attend the activities listed below.
Date Time What Who Where
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August 20:00 (EDT) Site opening, flight preparation
22 begins CSA and CNES engineers Stratospheric Balloon Base
600 Hangar Road /4599 Airport
Road
Timmins, Ontario P4N 7C3
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22:00* (EDT) Launch of a stratospheric balloon
carrying Canadian experiments:
CALASET, Power Distribution Unit
and Battery
*Time is subject to change.
In the event of inclement
weather, the balloon launch
will be postponed to August
23, at the same time and
location.
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August 13:30 (EDT) CSA and CNES Presidents as well as Antoine Garwah, President of Science
23 the President of Science Timmins Timmins
will give welcome speeches to the
STEM Summer Camp students and
STRATOS participants
Sylvain Laporte, CSA President
Jean-Yves Le Gall, CNES President
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13:45 (EDT) Presentation on the development and Steeve Montminy, Manager, Project/
use of stratospheric balloons Program Portfolio, CSA
to STEM Summer Camp students
14:00 (EDT) Opportunity to participate in : Various experts from the CSA, CNES,
Science Timmins and Timmins Base
-Tour of the balloon control centre,
laboratory or meteorological centre
-Workshop on the lift principle and
demonstration of gas expansion
-Virtual reality tour of the
International Space Station
16:00 (EDT) Presentation from Krishna Nair on Krishna Nair, Grade 8 student from
her school project (Taurus) Burlington, Ontario
16:30 (EDT) Launch of a small weather balloon
carrying the instrument developed
by Krishna Nair
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