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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. 

It was a flight for the record books according to Stratodynamics, but it was also an important milestone in the company’s quest to further research on climate change and atmospheric chemistry.

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