A powerful communications satellite launched by the Canadian firm TMI Communications on April 20, 1996. MSat was Canada's first satellite designed to serve mobile users, especially those in remote areas out of the reach of conventional communication systems.

MSAT, short for Mobile Satellite, is a satellite-based mobile telephony service developed by the National Research Council of Canada. Supported by a number of companies in the US and Canada, MSAT hosts a number of services, including the broadcast of CDGPS signals. The http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/601/msat/msat.html MSAT satellites were built by Hughes (now owned by Boeing) with a 3 kilowatt solar array power capacity, sufficient fuel for a design life of ten years.

Multiple Subject Assessment Test, a subject matter exam required of elementary teaching credential students who have not received their undergraduate degree in an approved subject matter program. Information is available in the Department of Education office.

an American spacecraft