Virgin Orbit’s scheduled launch of the “Straight Up” mission tonight includes the QUEYSSAT communications demonstration payload, a collaboration of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Canadian Department of National Defence (DOD).
Read More »Lori Garver’s new book is must read
In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Lori Garver, the former Deputy Administrator of NASA and author of the new book Escaping Gravity: My Quest to Transform NASA and Launch a New Space Age.
Read More »Next National Earth Observation Forum to be Held in October
As Canada continues to implement its Strategy for Satellite Earth Observation, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) on behalf of other federal departments is organizing another National Earth Observation Forum.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency and Luxembourg Space Agency sign MOU
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with another space agency, this time with the Luxembourg Space Agency.
Read More »Upgrade of NORAD includes Space-Based Surveillance System
Defence Minister Anita Anand announced $4.9 billion in spending at CFB Trenton yesterday to upgrade and modernize the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). The upgrades include several longstanding wish list items including a Space-Based Surveillance System.
Read More »Arkisys with Dan Lopez
This week on the Space Economy podcast we’re presenting a Future in Space Operations talk by Dan Lopez, Chief Business Officer of Arkisys. The title of Dan’s talk is Driving the Next Silk Road in Space: The Arkisys Port Architecture.
Read More »Space Flight Laboratory successfully demonstrates drag sail technology
Toronto based Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced today it had successfully demonstrated its drag sail technology when the CanX-7 satellite deorbited last month.
Read More »Video – Taking action on climate change
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released a short background video on how they use data collected from Canadian and partner satellites to monitor the Earth and climate change.
Read More »Roadwork begins at Spaceport Nova Scotia
Maritime Launch Services Inc. (MLSI) recently provided an update to stakeholders that included news about initial roadwork to allow the Spaceport Nova Scotia design team with soil and rock data. The roadwork is one of several new developments the company announced. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE …
Read More »Missing – Canadian national space policy, strategy and plan
A new space policy paper published by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute spells out what stakeholders have known for some time, a true Canadian national space policy, strategy and plan are still missing.
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