Canadian Space Agency
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The Canadian Space Agency is the national space agency of Canada, established in 1990 by the Canadian Space Agency Act.
Canadarm (right) during Space Shuttle mission STS-72
The Mobile Base System just before Canadarm2 installed it on the Mobile Transporter during STS-111
Alouette 1 was the first satellite built by a country other than the United States or Soviet Union.
A Canadian Black Brant XII launching from Wallops Flight Facility
James Webb Space Telescope
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The James Webb Space Telescope is a space telescope designed to conduct infrared astronomy. It is the largest telescope in space, and is equipped with high-resolution and high-sensitivity instruments,
Canadian Space Agency
…CSA has contributed components to ESA, NASA, ISRO, JAXA, and SNSB projects in the past. Recently, Canada contributed the Fine Guidance Sensor to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. Additionally, Canadian universities and aerospace contractors, including the University of Calgary, UTIAS-SFL, COM DEV, MDA, Magellan Aerospace, Telesat…
Three-quarter view of the top
Bottom (Sun-facing side)
Test unit of the sunshield stacked and expanded at the Northrop Grumman facility in California, 2014
Engineers cleaning a test mirror with carbon dioxide snow, 2015