The province is supporting a group of MUN students in the development of another satellite for launch into space.

The province is providing MUN engineering students with $350,000 for a second earth observation satellite with a mission to study the ocean as part of the Canadian Space Agency’s CUPICS program.

It follows the successful launch of the Killick-1 satellite from the International Space Station in May.

MUNStay-1 will be a CubeSat containing a GNSS Reflectometry payload. The satellite will collect GPS signals reflected from the Earth’s surface as a passive radar to measure waves, winds, sea ice, and oil spills among other things.

The Canadian Space Agency is providing $350,000 toward the project along with $100,000 from C-Core.