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At the International Astronautical Congress 2022 in Paris today, the Canadian Space Agency and CNES, the French space agency, renewed their partnership for the stratospheric balloon flight opportunities program.

While low Earth orbit SmallSats are having a revolutionary effect on Earth observation, other approaches based on other technologies, like stratospheric balloons, have a role to play as well. At a media availability day on August 18, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) discussed the stratospheric balloon program (STRATOS) and the balloons’ important scientific and expanding role, and its value to the Timmins’ community. 

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Strato-Science Balloon campaign has begun at the Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base and includes the French space agency CNES.

Everyone knows how critical water is in the daily lives of everyone on our planet. That’s why the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission which will conduct the first-ever global survey of Earth’s surface water is important and why Canada is contributing to the mission.