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SCISAT Team and partners

The Canadian SCISAT mission is a partnership of universities, researchers, industry, and government. A scientific team of researchers from around the world, led by Professor Peter Bernath of the University of Waterloo is conducting in the Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE).

• Science Team Members and Roles
• Major Contractors

Science Team Members and Roles

Mission Scientist and leader of the science team

Dr. Peter Bernath, University of Waterloo

ACE-FTS Instrument Principal Investigators

Dr. James Drummond, University of Toronto
Dr. Pierre Tremblay, Université Laval

MAESTRO Instrument Principal Investigator

Dr. Tom McElroy, Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC)

Modelling and Data Assimilation

Dr. Jack McConnell, York University
Dr. Ian McDade, York University
Dr. Ian Folkins, Dalhousie University
Dr. Louis Garand, MSC, Dorval
Dr. Clément Chouinard, MSC, Dorval

Aerosols

Dr. Jim Sloan, University of Waterloo
Data Reduction Algorithms and Interpretation
Dr. Curtis Rinsland, NASA Langley, US
Dr. William Chu, NASA Langley, US
Dr. Mark Abrams, ITT Industries, US
Dr. Ted Llewellyn, University of Saskatchewan

Ground Truthing, Validation, and Correlative Measurements

Dr. Robert Lowe, University of Western Ontario
Dr. Hans Fast, MSC, Downsview
Dr. Aaron Goldman, University of Denver, US
Dr. Kim Strong, University of Toronto
Dr. Wayne Evans, Trent University
Dr. Yukara Kondo, Nagoya University, Japan

European Support

Dr. Paul Simon, Belgian Aeronomy Institute
Dr. Reg Colin, Free University of Brussels
Dr. Bo Galle, Swedish Environmental Research Institute

Major Contractors

SCISAT was built in Canada with contribution of the array detectors for the on-board cameras by Belgium. NASA provided launch capability. The Canadian space industry partners are:

• Bristol Aerospace
• ABB
• EMS Technologies
• Routes AstroEngineering
• COM DEV

There were also contributions by the Meteorological Service of Canada and the University of Toronto. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) contributed $1.6 million over five years to help finance mission preparation studies and results analyses. The Canadian Space Agency houses the mission operations centre at its headquarters in Longueuil, Quebec.

Bristol Aerospace Limited

Bristol Aerospace in Winnipeg, Manitoba, built the spacecraft bus and was responsible for functional and environmental testing and for the integration of the FTS and MAESTRO instruments on the bus. Bristol integrated the spacecraft with the launcher vehicle and provided support to the CSA for the launch and for the operation of the spacecraft.

ABB

ABB (formerly ABB Bomem) of Quebec is the prime contractor of the main instrument of SCISAT, the ACE Fourier Transform Spectrometer (FTS). The instrument was built to take a variety of measurements in the Earth's stratosphere and troposphere to advance scientist's understanding of ozone depletion. The FTS instrument was delivered on September 2002, for integration with the spacecraft bus.

Routes AstroEngineering Limited

As a contractor to the Bristol Aerospace, Ottawa's Routes AstroEngineering designed and developed the Power Control Unit (PCU) for the power needs of the satellite.

COM DEV

COM DEV International in Cambridge, Ontario, as a contractor to Routes AstroEngineering, designed and developed the space-qualified lithium-ion battery model to store and supply adequate power for the spacecraft.

EMS

EMS was prime contractor for the Electronic Unit and star tracker that is essential to the stability of the spacecraft. The Electronic Unit consists of power supplies, the MAESTRO instrument controller, and two read-out electronics boards. EMS also fabricated the flight Optical Unit.

Meteorological Service of Canada

MSC, a division of Environment Canada, designed the main sensor for the Optical Unit consisting of a two-band spectrometer, the detectors and the pre-amplifiers.

University of Toronto

The University of Toronto designed and produced the flight software for the instrument, performed the software testing and the integration testing for the MAESTRO instrument. The university was also responsible for characterization testing of both the MAESTRO and FTS instruments.