https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u en-us 2018-04-09 02:37:44 UTC 2023-05-11 07:44:22 UTC hello@padlet.com jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249623053 2018-04-09 02:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249623053 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249623104 Canadians have contributed a fair amount towards the efforts in space, and the exploration of the solar system. Launched in the summer of 2003, the completly built in Canada MOST artificial satellite was launched into an 800km orbit above the surface of the Earth. Weighing in around 60kg, MOST is the size of a suitcase, a relatively small size in comparision to any other satellite in its time, and it will begin to make history just shortly after launch.]]> 2018-04-09 02:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249623104 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249624557 MOST, sponsored by the CSA, is a mission that was spearheaded by The University of British Columbia's prof. Jaymie Matthews to observe the activity of 10 stars at first. It is a suitcase sized satellite, with a telescope 10x more sensitive than the HUBBLE and is just the size of a pie plate.]]> 2018-04-09 02:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249624557 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249627751 Over the years MOST has made some major discoveries. To highlight a couple, 
- One of the stars it was sent to observe, Procycon, was found to not be oscilllating at all, unlike the results recieved from ground based telescopes. 
- The discovery of an exoplanet in the Canceri system, 55 Canceri e 
- The existance of a "scorching hot super-Earth" orbiting a close star
It discovered a new type of supergiant, one known as a pulsating Type-B supergiant.]]> 2018-04-09 03:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249627751 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249628005 How does MOST conduct science? Well, it measures the oscillations in the light intensity of stars through a telescope 10x as sensitve as the HUBBLE telescope to determine the age, composition, temperature, and pressures inside distant stars. It does this by looking at the speed, and change of soundwaves emitted by certain stars, and looking at the percent composition of the stars as well.]]> 2018-04-09 03:24:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249628005 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249628073 2018-04-09 03:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249628073 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249739341 The MOST is capable of measuring the oscillation intensities of stars because it can observe an object for around 7 weeks. This is what lead to the Procycon star's discovery of actually not oscillating, which is said otherwise from ground telescopes. After the data has been collected it downlinks to either the UBC or U of Toronto's ground stations. 

MOST was also the only satellite like it that could identify planets orbiting other stars. It can do this as it is one of the only earth and space-based telescopes that can detect the reflection of stars light off planets. 


]]> 2018-04-09 11:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249739341 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249744976 Many companies contributed to the MOST during its development. The main organizations involved were
-Space Flight Laboratory at  U of T Institute for Aerospace Studies
-The University of British Columbia
-CSA
-Dynacon Enterprises Limited - the company in which provided the gyroscope technology that controlled the wobble motion and the satellites positioning

]]> 2018-04-09 12:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249744976 jake5150 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249748989 Due to budget cuts the MOST was advised for retirement. However as of 2016 the satellite is still operational, and was a stepping stone towards the Kepler and CORAT missions as it was the first telescope to be designed for asteroseismology.]]> 2018-04-09 12:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/249748989 https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/250637219 - Forrest, M. (2014, May 02). Crowdfunding eyed to keep Canadian space telescope alive | CBC News. Retrieved April 11, 2018, from https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.2629994
- MOST-Canada's Space Telescope. (2016, December 16). Retrieved April 11, 2018, from https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/most—canadas-space-telescope
- National Research Council Canada. (2016, March 11). National science infrastructure (NRC Herzberg, Programs in Astronomy and Astrophysics) - National Research Council Canada. Retrieved April 11, 2018, from http://www.cadc-ccda.hia-iha.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/en/most/
- The MOST Space Telescope | Observatories. (n.d.). Retrieved April 11, 2018, from http://astro-canada.ca/le_telescope_spatial_most-the_most_space_telescope-eng

Pictures
-MOST satellite (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope) - Canada's first space telescope. (2017, September 29). Retrieved April 11, 2018, from http://blindaperture.com/most-satellite/
- Government of Canada, Canadian Space Agency. (2010, June 09). MOST - A tiny satellite probes the mysteries of the universe. Retrieved April 11, 2018, from http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/most/]]> 2018-04-11 10:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jake5150/8a0scnw2we4u/wish/250637219