On this weeks episode of the Earth and Space podcast we’re learning how climate change will effect trees and agriculture in Canada’s mid-to-northern latitudes.
Read More »Telesat extends Lightspeed capabilities with 5G partnership
Telesat announced Tuesday (Jan. 11) a new memorandum of agreement allowing it to advance its plans to implement rural 5G service through its Lightspeed satellite constellation, although the timeline of the deployment remains uncertain. 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 TODAY
Read More »Starlink availability grows but not without bumps in the road
As Starlink launches and satellites have become staples for space industry observers, it’s easy to forget that the point of the enterprise is the provision of Internet services. While it’s still in beta, people are using Starlink for their Internet service provider right now. So how is it to use Starlink now? Where is it available? And can you even get it?
Read More »With record spending by governments on space, how does Canada fare?
According to Euroconsult, even during the pandemic governments spent a record $92 billion in 2021 on their space programs, up 8% over the previous year. How did Canada fare? 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 TODAY
Read More »Technological Imperatives – NASA needs a new spacecraft
In this episode of the Terranauts podcast we talk about the technological imperatives that convinced NASA that it needed a new spacecraft before going to the Moon with the Apollo program.
Read More »The James Webb Space Telescope stretches out its sunshield in space
The sunshield of the James Webb Space Telescope is fully unfurled. The newly launched NASA observatory – which includes Canadian contributions – passed this engineering milestone on Tuesday (Jan. 4), less than two weeks after launching on a flagship mission to better understand the universe's evolution and various cosmic objects. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, …
Read More »Space Based Solar Power – Has its time come?
In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is John Mankins and we talk about Space Based Solar Power, has its time come?
Read More »What the U.S. commitment to extending International Space Station operations to 2030 means for Canada
The announcement by NASA that the White House had committed to extend the operations of the International Space Station (ISS) to 2030 will not surprise many. Though the announcement came on New Year's Eve, it sets the stage for negotiations that are expected to conclude in 2022, including a Canadian commitment. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, …
Read More »2021 International Space Station Year in Review
It’s been a big year for the International Space Station (ISS) with countless research experiments performed, visits from astronauts other than the station partners along with spaceflight participants.
Read More »James Webb Space Telescope continues unfolding sequence
Another day, another few items finished on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to do list as the observatory makes its way to L2.
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