As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and the government reacted to help businesses across the spectrum in Canada, startups and pre-startups are struggling to find adequate support.

For Iridian Spectral Technologies, a new communications consortium may provide marketing opportunities for a discreet market.

Satellites are a principal method of modern long distance communications for good reason: there’s a lot of advantages in using them. For most individuals or small organizations, though, it’s still out of touch.

This past summer SpaceQ wrote about the successful graduates of the first cohort for the Creative Destruction Lab's (CDL) new Space Stream. While some companies were more satisfied with the process than others, all the companies interviewed believed that they were better off for the CDL process, and that the process had helped make them business-ready. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? …

An elegant jet taking off, flying through the atmosphere and launching into space. It’s been a staple in science fiction for decades. Modern space launches couldn’t look more different, though.

This past school semester, Ryerson University engineering students found themselves battling school administration in an attempt to build their own rocket engine.

A few weeks ago the Creative Destruction Lab’s (CDL) inaugural space stream had their first “super session”, where teams that had successfully made it through the competitive CDL process presented their technologies, people, and business model to the entire CDL business network, including Fellows, Associates, venture capitalists, scientists, and many others.  This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, …

Welcome back to the third and final installment of SpaceQ’s “blockchain and space” series. In this installment we look at the some of the companies looking to bring blockchain technology to space.

Last week, we introduced SpaceQ readers to “Blockchain” technology. Blockchain uses encryption to create databases (often transaction ledgers) that have three key qualities: they’re decentralized, they’re transparent, and they’re immutable—changes cannot be rescinded and data cannot be removed.

Cryptocurrency is a controversial but intriguing topic for many people right now. Watching the rise, fall, and potential recovery of Bitcoin and the “altcoins” has certainly been engaging, but many observers may be forgiven for dismissing “crypto” as a fad.