Kepler Communications has decided to go in-house to build its satellite constellation, and in so doing has become the second Canadian company to build a state-of-the-art small satellite manufacturing facility capable of mass production.
Read More »Kepler’s High-Bandwidth Satellite Demonstration in the Arctic Shows Promise
Kepler Communication has successfully tested a high-bandwidth satellite connection in the high arctic, and while that’s good news for the startup, it still has a ways to go in delivering on its promise as an Internet of Things (IoT) telecommunications company.
Read More »WildFireSat Mission Concept Could Lead to New Type of Canadian Earth Observation Constellation
The concept of a Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring System was first proposed in 2012. That concept is now nicknamed WildFireSat, and has moved into Phase A with contract awards of $1.35 million to Honeywell and MDA.
Read More »Number of Active Satellites Now Over 2,000 and Has Doubled in the Last Six Years
The Union of Concerned Scientists has released its latest update on the number of active satellites in orbit which now number over 2000, double what was in orbit just six years ago.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency WildFireSat Satellite Would Monitor Wildfires
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is looking into the feasibility of building a small satellite called WildFireSat with the purpose of monitoring wildfires.
Read More »Launch Startup Relativity Space Snags Telesat as a Customer
It was just two months ago that Telesat announced that it had selected unproven, but well funded, Blue Origin as a launch partner for its low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Today, they’ve also selected startup Relativity Space to be a launch partner.
Read More »Small Satellite Technology Being Developed at Ottawa Incubator ‘Greenhouse’
Honeywell Aerospace recently opened a local incubator, dubbed the “Greenhouse”, to reduce the cost and time to create technologies for small satellites, the company said Tuesday (Feb. 26) at an announcement at an office on Elgin Street.
Read More »DND Project Grey Jay will use the SFL Defiant Platform and Other new Details
The Department of National Defence’s Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has provided SpaceQ with additional details on Project Grey Jay.
Read More »Video: What is a CubeSat?
It all started in the late 1990’s. A group of researchers came up with the idea of creating a new small satellite platform, called a CubeSat, to help students develop the skills to build satellites.
Read More »Canadian Arctic Security Increasing with Acquisition of Three Satellites and Polar Radars
The Department of National Defence has awarded two contracts valued at $46.2M from the All Domain Situational Awareness Science & Technology Program for three microsatellites and two polar radars.
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