The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute has announced the recipients of the 2009 CASI Senior Awards. The 2009 Alouette Award for outstanding contributions to advancement in Canadian space technology, applications, science and engineering goes to leaders of the development of the outstandingly successful Canadian SCISAT satellite.

Launched on August 12, 2003, SCISAT helps a team of Canadian and international scientists improve their understanding of the depletion of the ozone layer, with a special emphasis on the changes occurring over Canada and in the Arctic.
Major Contractors and Sub-Contractors
SCISAT Confirms Chemistry of Ozone Depletion