Earlier this month, Canada's MDA released more information about its software-defined digital satellite product line. This will form the backbone of the Telesat Lightspeed constellation and also will be used for more customers. 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
Read More »Canada Readies for Arrival of OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission Sample
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) hosted a briefing with reporters yesterday going over the NASA-led OSIRIS-REx mission which is retuning samples on September 24. Canada will receive a sample where it will be housed in a curation facility which will be the first of its kind in the country This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, …
Read More »Maritime Launch Service Secures Nova Scotia Capital Investment Tax Credit and with it a 12-fold Job Increase Planned
Maritime Launch Services announced significant funding from the province of Nova Scotia, just two months after its first spaceport launch. 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
Read More »GHGSat Raises $60 Million in New Funding Round
Montreal-based GHGSat just finished another big funding round.
Read More »Space Software Company Mission Control Raises $3.25 Million
Mission Control, a startup that is based in Ottawa, has raised $3.25 million in a seed round led by a Toronto Company. Mission Control officials said that the seed round of equity financing was led by GreenSky Ventures. The company plans to use the funding, principally, for two major ventures. The first is to continue work on its Spacefarer platform, which manages space-based robotics and …
Read More »Canadian and NASA Astronauts on Geology Expedition in Labrador
Two Canadian astronauts are on a geology expedition in Labrador right now, to better understand how to operate in remote environments such as 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. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Canadian Researcher Gordon Osinski Named to Artemis 3 Geology Team for the First Crewed Artemis Lunar Landing
Planetary geologist and crater expert Gordon Osinski of Western University was travelling in a remote area when he heard the historic news.
Read More »‘Twister’ Made Real – Hailsonde Sensors Fly Into Alberta Storm in Hollywood-like Moment
A red Jeep skids nearby a menacing tornado. Moments later, a science team hops out with a bunch of flying sensors they hope to inject inside. They then speed off to shelter to await the results.
Read More »Could Artemis 4 be the Program’s First Moon-landing Mission, Carrying a Canadian?
There might be a shakeup coming to the Artemis program, and it would put Canada on the front seat of a moon landing if it happens. 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
Read More »Canadensys Aerospace Delivers Microscope for APL-led Lunar Vertex Mission
Canadensys Aerospace has a lot of lunar projects in the works. The company recently announced it has delivered a multi-spectral microscope to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), for the Lunar Vertex Mission. Vertex is funded under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program that is aiming to deliver payloads to the moon to support the Artemis human missions.
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