As the second Canadian Advanced NanospaceeXperiment (CanX) satellite, CanX-2 aims to support Canadianresearchers while expanding the capabilities of nanosatellites.Designed and built at the University of Toronto Institute forAerospace Studies’ Space Flight Laboratory (UTIAS/SFL),CanX-2 will include experiments in GPS technologies, earthobservation, advanced materials, and space communicationsprotocols. In addition to the science payloads, CanX-2 will alsofly engineering payloads such as a momentum-bias attitudecontrol system, an experimental S-band communications system,a custom on-board computer, and a miniature propulsionsystem. With such an ambitious science platform, CanX-2 hopesto demonstrate the use of a nanosatellite as a valuable scientifictool that is cost- and schedule-effective for today’s researchers.With a target launch in late 2005 into a highly-inclined orbit,the experiments and satellite subsystems described in this paperwill help pave the way for future nanosatellite science missionsboth at UTIAS/SFL and other institutions.
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