Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite

Objectives

Payload

• Automatic Identification System — will make it possible to detect signals from ships and thus know the locations of ships travelling in Canadian waters.
• Low Data Rate Service, which will receive low-speed AIS data from boats in Canadian waters and retransmit that data to control centers located in the east and west of the country, ensuring coordination and retransmission of information collected on marine traffic. This will enable the collection of data on marine traffic in remote areas where there is no data streaming infrastructure.
• Dielectric Deep Charge Monitor, accumulated electrostatic charge in satellites' dielectric material and gain insight on their level of functionality. This information will help extend the lifetime of Earth-orbiting satellites.