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David Saint-Jacques is a medical doctor, engineer and astrophysicist who is Canada's only flown current astronaut. He spent more than six months in space during the Expedition 58-59 mission during 2018-19, returning to Earth only months before the coronavirus pandemic erupted. 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 …

A "transformational year" pushed the MDA year-end quarterly gross profit up nearly 60 percent as the company reported its fourth-quarter 2021 results Thursday (March 17). 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

With sanctions in place on Russia owing to its invasion of the Ukraine, the European Space Agency (ESA) today issued a statement that said in part that the ExoMars rover mission had been suspended.

As MDA works through the design phases of Canadarm3, a newly announced Space Robotics Centre of Excellence will accompany the work of the next-generation robotic space arm. 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

It’s a contract everyone knew was coming, but the $268.9 million Canadarm3 Phase B awarded to MDA by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is a major milestone for the current Canadian space program. To put it into context, in the CSA’s fiscal year 2020/21 they spent $272 million on programs excluding internal services.

MDA’s Wayne Hoyle, Senior Director of Business Development, gave a detailed presentation at the GeoIgnite conference about the capabilities of their new CHORUS Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation. 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

MDA has signed a contract with Globalstar as the prime contractor for 17 satellites to replenish its constellation and includes an option for an additional nine satellites. It also started a noteworthy partnership with Rocket Lab. 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

Winnipeg based Magellan Aerospace announced this morning it had received a contract from MDA to provide the spacecraft avionic systems for its CHORUS satellite.

For 21 years humans have lived and worked continuously in space on the International Space Station (ISS). It's likely that by the end of this decade the ISS will be decommissioned. So where will Canadian astronauts live and work next in space? This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. …

MDA announced today it had been awarded another lunar landing sensor contract for an undisclosed customer who is participating in NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. We can make an educated guess as to who that customer is.