Main Partners

Major Subcontractors and Suppliers

Other Suppliers, Consultants and Partner Institutions

The MOST Science Team

Website Contributors

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
MOST Project Funding Agency

UBC Physics and Astronomy
Mission Science; Instrument Development; Primary Science Data Analysis Centre; Ground Station Site

MSCI Microsat Systems Canada Inc.
Main Contractor; Overall Project Management; Satellite Attitude Control and Power System; Mission Operation

UTIAS Space Flight Lab (SFL)
Satellite Bus and Housekeeping Systems; Ground Station Design and Operation; Satellite Mission Control; Ground Station Site
UTIAS Sponsors

Dynacon Enterprises
Original Main Contractor; Overall Project Management; Satellite Attitude Control and Power System; Mission Operation

CRESTech & Instrument
Services Lab (ISL)
Design Work on the Instrument;
Additional funding for the MOST Project

Spectral Applied Reseach
(formerly CRESTech-ISL)
Design Work on the Instrument;
Assembly, Integration and Testing

AMSAT
Consulting - Satellite and Ground Station Design & Communications

Ceravolo Optical Systems
Telescope Optics Fabrication;
Optical System Testing

Advanced MicroOptic Systems
Fabrication of Fabry Microlens Array

e2v technologies
Fabrication of CCD image sensors

Routes AstroEngineering
Design, Construction and Testing of Telescope Aperture Door

Canadian Astronomy Data Centre
Data Archiving

Sumus Technology Limited
through Andrew Walker
Ground and Satellite-based
Control Software

Carnegie Observatories
through Greg Burley
CCD readout system (adapted from a design for the Magellan telescope
guide cameras)

Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics
through John Pazder
Optical Design and Consulting

Custom Scientific
Filter Fabrication

Re-Enamel Finishers
(formerly Renamel Finishers)
Antireflective Coatings

AeroAstro
S-band transmitters;
Medium Sun Sensors

Institute for Astronomy, University of Vienna
Secondary Science Data Analysis Centre; Ground Station Site
Visit IfA's MOST website

Jaymie Matthews
Mission Scientist - Chair

University of British Columbia, Canada

matthews@astro.ubc.ca
Personal Research Site

David Guenther

St. Mary's University, Canada

guenther@crux.stmarys.ca
Personal Research Site

Tony Moffat

L'Université de Montréal, Canada

moffat@astro.umontreal.ca
Personal Research Site

Slavek Rucinski

University of Toronto DDO, Canada

rucinski@astro.utoronto.ca
Personal Research Site

Dimitar Sasselov

Harvard-Smithsonian Center, Cambridge, USA

dsasselov@cfa.harvard.edu
Personal Research Site

Gordon A. H. Walker

University of British Columbia, Canada

gordonwa@uvic.ca
Personal Research Site

Werner W. Weiss

University of Vienna, Austria

weiss@astro.univie.ac.at
Personal Research Site

Standing (from left): Tony Moffat, Werner Weiss, David Guenther, Gordon Walker, Dimitar Sasselov,
Rainer Kuschnig (Instrument Scientist).
Seated (from left): Jaymie Matthews, Slavek Rucinski.

Site Design Contributors

Jordon Johnson
Site Redesign & Maintenance (2003-2004); Graphic Design

Physics/Astronomy undergraduate student
University of British Columbia, Canada

jordon@physics.ubc.ca
Personal Website

Rainer Kuschnig
Design/Content Advisor; CGI scripting; Site Maintenance

University of British Columbia, Canada

kuschnig@astro.ubc.ca

Doug Bilesky
Site Design (2001-2002)

dgb moleware

d.b@shaw.ca
Personal Website

Jaymie Matthews
Senior Design/Content Advisor

University of British Columbia, Canada

matthews@astro.ubc.ca

Java/Javascript Source Contributors

Sharon Paine
Galleries page - image tooltips

Dynamic Web Coding

Jenny Blewitt
Galleries page - animation viewer

The Javascript Source