At the recently completed 12th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers in Geneva, Canada submitted its national report which included data from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)’s SCISAT satellite and the Canadian OSIRIS instrument onboard the Swedish Odin satellite.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Awards $5 Million for smartEarth Applications
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded $5 million total in grants to 13 academic institutions for the Research Opportunities in Satellite Earth Observation, smartEarth initiative, issued in October 2023.
Read More »Details Released for the New National Space Council
Initials details on Canada’s new National Space Council were quietly released last week on the Canadian Space Agency website. The new multi-level governance structure is going to be big.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Looks to Industry to Lease the David Florida Laboratory
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to see whether industry is interested in leasing the historic David Florida Laboratory where much of Canada’s space hardware has been tested before going into space.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Extends MDA Space ISS Robotic Operations Support Contract
The Canadian Space Agency has extended the International Space Station robotics operations support contract for MDA Space for another five years. The contract extension is for the period between 2025 – 2030, and the value of the contract is $250 million.
Read More »Federal Government to Create National Space Council
Heeding the repeated calls from industry group Space Canada, the federal government has announced that it will create a National Space Council. This and other space related items were in the 2024 budget released yesterday by the Liberal government.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Signs Updated MOU’s with UK and Australia Space Agencies
At the 39th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, the Canadian Space Agency announced it has signed updated Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the UK Space Agency and the Australian Space Agency. They also said they had engaged in bilateral talks with JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Read More »Partnership Between Ecoation and Maia Farms Win Deep Space Food Challenge
Two Canadian companies, Ecoation and Maia Farms, won the Canadian Deep Space Food Challenge $380,000 grand prize today (April 10). The competition was co-hosted by NASA and the Canadian Space Agency/Impact Canada, with separate runoffs for each country.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Issues Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has posted a new opportunity, this one for Increasing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the Canadian space sector.
Read More »With Spectrum Interference a Growing Issue Calian gets Canadian Space Agency Contract for Modeling Software
The Calian Group has won a contract to provide simulation tools to the Canadian Space Agency for the growing issue of spectrum interference. The amount of the award is as yet undisclosed.
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