While Alberta has seen a record number of wildfires this spring, they aren’t the only province experiencing an early start to the season.
Read More »C-CORE to Develop New Earth Observation Technology Concepts
C-CORE has also been awarded two contracts by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) under the agency’s Earth Observation Service Continuity initiative from its Space Technology Development Program (STDP).
Read More »MDA Discusses Technology Priorities in Latest Earth Observation STDP Awards from CSA
The Canadian Space Agency’s (CSA) recently announced $6.8 million in funding for Earth observation technologies included 10 R&D contracts, recently discussed by SpaceQ. Of those contracts, four of them went to MDA, which is not a surprise given MDA’s experience.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Invests $6.8 Million for New Earth Observation Technologies
The Canadian government has made a $6.8 million investment to develop new Earth Observation technologies in a variety of areas. A total of 10 R&D contracts have been awarded to 10 companies through the Canadian Space Agency’s Space Technology Development Program (STDP).
Read More »Canadian Space Agency is Looking for Atmosphere Observing System Supporting Technologies
After the government made a significant funding announcement of $200 million for Earth Observation in mid-October, the Canadian Space Agency is now looking to industry for supporting technologies of the US led Atmosphere Observing System.
Read More »Canadian Instrument Set to Launch on Important Earth Observation Satellite SWOT
A Canadian division of a U.S. company is playing a keystone role in a NASA-French led satellite mission. California-based Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI), which has an office in Georgetown, Ont., supplied a crucial part of the wide-swath radar instrument that will fly aboard the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite slated for launch early on Friday (Dec. 16). This page is for …
Read More »GHGSat Launches SPECTRA to Replace PULSE
GHGSat has launched SPECTRA, a free version of its emissions platform. SPECTRA builds on and replaces the free PULSE service it launched in 2020. The move comes ahead of United Nations climate change conference, COP 27.
Read More »Wyvern gets US$7 Million Seed Round Funding
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.
Read More »Earth Observation Satellite Market About to Boom
OTTAWA - The Earth observation satellite services market is about to boom, but more needs to be done to help Canadian companies get a share of this prosperity. That was the takeaway from the Space Bound 2022 conference session, “Industry Perspectives On The Critical Role And Growing Market For Earth Observation.” The conference was hosted by Space Canada October17-19, 2022 at Ottawa’s Bayview Yards. This …
Read More »Canada Makes $200 Million Investment in Earth Observation Instruments
OTTAWA – Canada’s Earth observation strategy has its first major investment with a trio of instrument launches planned by 2031 and is working with NASA in an effort to monitor climate change from orbit.
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