Ottawa’s Obruta Space Solutions will be putting their autonomous spaceflight technology to the test next month on the International Space Station (ISS). Their systems for spacecraft vision and for guidance/navigation, funded in part by a pair of new Space Technology Development Program (STDP) awards, will be tested using the International Space Station’s “Astrobee” drones. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. …
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Provides $2.9M to Four Companies for Lunar Exploration
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced Wednesday, December 13th that it was providing $2.9 million to four companies for six projects for sustainable lunar exploration.
Read More »NorthStar Earth & Space Raises $20 Million
For the second time in a year, NorthStar Earth & Space has closed a funding round, this time a $20 million Series D financing round.
Read More »Procurement, When All You Have is a Hammer
I guess the subtitle of this column should be "can the government really help New Space companies?" The simple answer is - "well not really, if all it does is treat them like Old Space companies." Of course the real answer is a lot more complicated than that. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, …
Read More »Maritime Launch Services Announces Raise of $2.2 Million
Maritime Launch Services has closed its non-brokered private placement and raised gross proceeds of $2,282,000.
Read More »Canadians are Global Finalists in the Space Apps Challenge
In early October over 280,000 students globally participated as part of teams in 2400 locations in the NASA led Space Apps Challenge. From that weekend hackathon 587 teams were selected as Global Nominees of which 40 were selected as Global Finalists including two from Canada.
Read More »Government Releases Results of Latest Consultation on Canada’s Space Program
Canadian industry is once again asking for a fresh and new Canadian space policy – along with a national space council – in the latest consultation process by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the Government of Canada.
Read More »Former CSA Director General Gilles Leclerc Joins Canadensys Aerospace
Canadensys Aerospace has hired veteran Gilles Leclerc as Director, Government & International Affairs a year removed from retiring after a long career at the Canadian Space Agency.
Read More »Telesat Gets Another DARPA Contract for the Lightspeed Constellation
Following a successful Phase 1 contract, Telesat Government Solutions, the wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat, was awarded a Phase 2 contract by DARPA for its Lightspeed Constellation.
Read More »NorthStar’s CEO Asks for Deep Thinking on Artificial Intelligence and Solving Space Problems
We’ve been grappling with the problems – and promise – of technology, society, politics and space ever since we first could conceive of leaving our Earth. To take a single example: Students of history know well that some of the first NASA rockets – including the mighty Saturn V that flew several astronaut crews to the moon – were led by chief architect Wernher von …
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