‘Pay-Per-View’ mode keeps telescope flying after 13 years

A story on Vice featured work by UBC physics and astronomy professor Jaymie Matthews.

Canada’s first space telescope, Microvariability and Oscillation of Stars (MOST), launched in June 2003 and is now operated by Microsat Systems Canada Inc. Microsat makes time available to astronomers or groups for a cost of about $7,700 for a week.