Edmonton based Earth observation startup Wyvern announced today that they had raised a seed round of US$7M of funding led by Uncork Capital. This brings Wyvern’s financing to date to approximately $15M.

With two Canadian payloads onboard, the ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 1 (M1) lunar lander has been shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida for a November 22 launch date.

Montreal’s NorthStar Earth & Space, a commercial space-based situational awareness (SSA) startup, has announced who their launch provider will be for their first three satellites. The three 16U microsatellites are scheduled for launch in mid-2023 and will reach low Earth orbit with launch services provider Virgin Orbit. If all goes well, Virgin Orbit could be well placed to launch an additional 21 NorthStar satellites.

In this episode of the Space Economy podcast our special guest is Clark Lindsey, the lead analyst of a new 161 page report from NewSpace Global called Cislunar Market Opportunities, In-Space Business within the Earth-Moon System.

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A new industry report released today by NewSpace Global details in a 161 pages the commercial opportunities in cislunar space.

The Space Economy podcast is back for a sixth season with a wide variety of guests scheduled including first time guest Matthew Mejía of Sierra Space, the 2021 spinoff from the Sierra Nevada Corporation.

The Canadian Astronomical Society has posted its quarterly update on the unique CASTOR space telescope project under development.

A little over a month after signing an agreement with the Brazilian Air Force Command (COMAER) to develop a new launch area at the Alcantara Space Center, C6 Launch Systems has its first customer.

The Canadian Space Agency recently issued an announcement of opportunity (AO) aimed at youth that will offer grants to a maximum of $50k per project for space STEM initiatives.