Concordia University

Concordia University's Spacecraft Division, founded in 2010, designs and builds nanosatellites, specifically CubeSats. Their work supports scientific research by acquiring data and demonstrating spacecraft technologies related to radiation anomalies (CONSAT-1), self-healing materials in space (CONSAT-II, Aleksandr-I, Aleksandr-II), and dust plumes (SC-ODIN). They have participated in projects like the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge, the Canadian CubeSat Project (CCP), and the CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS). Their customers include the scientific community and potentially agencies like the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and launch providers like Nanoracks for future missions. Notable missions include SC-ODIN, the first student-built CubeSat launched in Quebec in 2023, which measures aerosol optical depth. They are currently developing SC-FREYR for AI image processing and yeast growth studies in microgravity. The division is headquartered in Montreal, QC, Canada, and its manufacturing is conducted by university students. They have successfully launched SC-ODIN and have other CubeSats (CONSAT-1, CONSAT-II, Aleksandr-I, Aleksandr-II) developed for various competitions and research.