From the 27 to the 29 of May, the Canadian Space Agency's David Florida Laboratory (DFL) will host 10 pan-Canadian university teams taking part in the second round of the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC).

Over the three days, the teams will perform launch and space environment qualification tests on small operational satellites, called "cubesats" in front of a panel of experts from the industry and Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Ottawa Research Centre. The winning cubesat team will be announced on Thursday, May 29, 2014.

The CSDC is a Canada-wide competition for university students to design and build a small operational research satellite. The ultimate goal of this competition is to launch the winning "cubesats" into orbit in order to conduct science research.

The CSDC objectives are to enhance space-related knowledge and capacity at Canadian universities; increase academia-industry co-operation in space-related research and development, and expose participants to the management processes of a large engineering project.

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