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Canadian Space Agency awards $11-million contract for space station’s new cameras

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A woman enters the offices of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates in Richmond, B.C. on January 8, 2008. The International Space Station needs new cameras and an 1-million contract to design their replacement has been awarded to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lam

VANCOUVER – The International Space Station needs new cameras and an $11-million contract to design their replacement has been awarded to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX:MDA).

The Vancouver-area company— which designed the space station’s robotic maintenance system — says the new cameras will provide better illumination for viewing critical operations.

They are part of a mobile servicing system that’s used to inspect and maintain the space station and to capture visiting spacecraft such as resupply vessels.

The contract was awarded by the Canadian Space Agency, a federal program based in Montreal.

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