CASSIOPE is a hybrid satellite project of the Canadian Space Agency. Planned for launch in an elliptical polar orbit in late 2010, it'll carry a commercial communications system called Cascade and a scientific experiment package called ePOP (enhanced Polar Outflow Probe). This combination gives rise to the acronym CASSIOPE, from "Cascade, Smallsat and Ionospheric Polar Explorer". The University of Calgary's Institute for Space Research will lead the project. The satellite instruments will gather… (More on Cassiope)