Analyzing and predicting climate and weather is one of the most important parts of the space economy. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) has been a key part of that for years. A new company in Toronto called Perceptive Space, however, is taking that to another level. Having just emerged from stealth a few months ago, Perceptive Space and founder/CEO Padmashri Suresh aim to deploy …

Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) , the non-profit industry association that runs one of Canada’s five Global Innovation Clusters, announced today that they will be providing $4.6 million in private- and public-sector funding for six space-sector projects.

EarthDaily Analytics is in an interesting position: they’re a self-described software company that’s aiming to launch a constellation of satellites early next year. While the company has had several key successes of late, including a Canadian Space Agency contract under the Space Technology Development Program for data analytics tools focused on cleaning up signals from Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites, their big focus next year is …

The Launch Canada student rocketry competition, now independent from the Anangokaa (formerly Stardust) Festival, is largely staying the course as it moves towards its 2024 event. The major change to the competition: further expansion, as Launch Canada begins to incorporate local high school students into the competition.

Vancouver-based Metaspectral has announced a new partnership with edge-computing company Armada. The companies will be working together on incorporating Metaspectral’s hyperspectral imaging technology to Armada’s edge computing marketplace, with a focus on Armada’s “Edge AI.”  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

On May 27th, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced that eight more organizations have signed onto an agreement on the ethical management of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems in Canada. The agreement is called the Voluntary Code of Conduct on the Responsible Development and Management of Advanced Generative AI Systems.  This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, …

The Canadian Space Agency is taking a new student-focused “Rover Driving Academy” Canada-wide. According to an announcement from Mission Control, whose Spacefarer technology is used for the lunar rover simulation, the CSA is working with Mission Control “to provide the Rover Driving Academy for students across Canada.” 

Edmonton's Space Engine Systems (SES) has achieved a milestone in their quest to become a player in hypersonic propulsion. The company was named as one of ninety potential vendors for the UK’s Hypersonic Technologies and Capability Development Framework, a £1 billion (CAD $1.74 billion) program intended to develop the United Kingdom’s hypersonic missile capabilities. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. …

MDA Space will be making a major change to their upcoming MDA CHORUS satellite constellation adding a vessel detection onboard processing system (VDOP). The system will give the constellation the ability to both track and identify vessels on the satellite itself, then “rapidly deliver geointelligence data and information direct to users at sea.” 

The Canadian CanSat Design Challenge (CCSDC) recently finished the 2023-2024 launch campaign. The four-day event near Lethbridge, Alberta, was an opportunity for high school students to build tiny simulated satellites the size of a pop can, with an eye to developing an interest in space and a better understanding of the skills and requirements involved in satellites.