Grants and Contributions

This project entitled «Flexible Channel Routers and Input Assemblies for High Throughput Satellite Communications» consists of developing the required electronics tailored to meet the demand for an increasingly faster transfer of information via telecommunications satellites. The newest generation of these satellites, called High Throughput Satellites (HTS), offer internet connectivity anywhere in the world at speeds much greater than traditional satellites.

This project entitled «Novel Ka Wideband Filters and Ancillaries» consists of developing advanced electronics onboard telecommunications satellites in order to meet the increasing demand for larger and faster satellite data throughput. This technology would improve the efficiency at which signal filters on satellites can process and separate multiple signals sent on different frequency channels. It would prevent these signals from interfering with each other while allowing their proper dispatch to the designated end users.

This project entitled «Fifth Generation Switch Actuator» consists of reducing the mass and size of a key mechanical component used aboard telecommunications satellites. This component is called an actuator and is the mechanism responsible for the reliable operation of signal switches. These switches are essential to the proper routing of signals coming into a satellite from a ground user and sent back to another ground user, or users. Since satellites host many of these activator-controlled switches, their mass and size are a key factor in determining which ones will be used in their construction.

This project entitled «Next Generation HTS Flexible Architecture Products» aims to develop state-of-the-art electronics components for telecommunications satellites to provide high data and information traffic throughput. More specifically, this development will yield technical advancements for a component called Output Multiplexer which is essentially responsible for combining separate signals being linked up to a satellite from different ground users and which need to be combined (multiplexed) on-board the satellite before being aggregately transferred to specific ground users.

This project entitled «Three-Dimensional Backscatter X-ray Imaging System for Space Structure Non-destructive Testing » consists of developing a Three-dimensional Backscatter X-ray Imaging System (TBX) that would allow the fast and accurate robotic inspection of large space structures. Since satellites, space vehicles andthe International Space Station (ISS), face many threats each day from space debris, this technology would enable the monitoring of their external shells or solar panels, contributing to extending their operational lifetime. The TBX could be readily integrated onto the Canadarm2 or any future robotic manipulators.

This project entitled «A Dual Frequency, Fully Polarimetric, Digitally Beam Formed, Multichannel SAR Receiver Exciter» aims at advancing the state-of-the-art in the field of space-based radar imagery. The technology would allow the collection of larger amounts of radar image data in two frequency bands. This data would be processed faster and delivered to ground-based users at supercomputer speeds thereby yielding clearer and more detailed images. This technology would be the core element of UrtheCast's planned 16 satellite constellation.

Muscle atrophy is the most important factor involved in the loss of muscle strength and mass during spaceflight and bed rest. The objective of this study is to determine the cellular and molecular events controlling the
atrophic process, using a 60 day bed-rest model.

The objective of the study is to examine the effects of 6 degree head-down bed-rest (HDBR) on the interaction between cardiovascular and postural systems as it relates to orthostatic blood pressure (BP) reflex control and cerebral perfusion.

The objective of the research is to understand the process of rehabilitation after sixty days of bed-rest including the marrow reconditioning of the hemopoietically active lumbar vertebrae.

Canada's annual assessed contribution to the European Space Agency's (ESA) General Budget under the Canada/ESA Cooperation Agreement, for the calendar year 2016.