/R E P E A T -- 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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