MOST

MOST [CSA]

MOST (Microvariability and Oscillation of Stars) is designed to detect brightness oscillations in stars down to a level of a few parts per million - the amplitude of the Sun’s five-minute oscillations seen in integrated light. Those oscillations (caused by turbulent sound waves propagating within the Sun) allow us to probe seismically the otherwise hidden solar interior.

Nation:	Canada
Type / Application:	Astronomy
Operator:	CSA
Contractors:	Dynacon Enterprises Ltd.
Equipment:	15 cm telescope, photometer
Configuration:
Propulsion:	None
Lifetime:
Mass:	60 kg
Orbit:

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
MOST	30.06.2003	Pl LC-133		Rokot-KM	with MIMOSA, CanX 1, AAU-Cubesat, DTUSat, XI-IV, CUTE 1, QuakeSat, Monitor-Mockup