Montreal-based GHGSat plans to launch the world's commercial satellite focused on carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring later this year; launch provider and timing will be announced in the coming months. 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 »Terence Dickinson, Canada’s Famous Amateur Astronomer and Popularizer, Dies at 79
Terence Dickinson, a legendary Canadian amateur astronomer and publisher, passed away on Feb. 1 at age 79.
Read More »Green Comet to Make Closest Approach this Week
A green visitor is going to make its closest approach to Earth this week. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is visible in binoculars or a telescope from Canada and depending on what happens in the coming days, it may enter naked-eye visibility. Comets are notoriously difficult to predict, however, as luminosity (inherent brightness) depends on factors such as how much gas and dust streams off their surfaces, …
Read More »Rocket Maker Reaction Dynamics ‘Absolutely Ecstatic’ About Commercial Launch in Canada
The momentous announcement on Friday (Jan. 20) about Canada’s willingness to go into the commercial launch market is still garnering industry praise.
Read More »Space Brain Hack Asks Students to Draw on Pandemic Experience for Astronaut Mental Health
The first iteration of the Canadian Space Agency’s Space Brain Hack initiative for students draws upon a theme they likely know well – mental health and isolation.
Read More »Top Canadian Space Stories of 2022
Canadian space delivered a lot of high-profile missions this year, from low Earth orbit all the way to the Moon and even a Lagrange Point. Despite a decline in spending, the Canadian Space Agency financed Moon and Earth observation plans – and the Canadian military opened its own Space Force.
Read More »Celestial Growth Creates First Canadian Space Technology Focused Capital Pool Company
Canadian company Celestial Growth made its public debut today (Dec. 22), listing on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) as a new pathway for Canadian companies to seek funding as they grow. 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 »Five Companies Receive $2M Apiece to Work on Space Modules for Health Care
Five Canadian companies will have a busy six months ahead of them as they seek to create a prototype deployable unit that may one day form the basis of space modules for health care. 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 »Oort Cloud May be Made of Both Rock and Ice, Canadian Research Suggests
The Oort Cloud may not be as icy as we imagine. The zone of little worlds outside of Neptune’s orbit appears to have a least some rocky composition, which is a growing hypothesis strengthened with a new meteoroid observation led by Canadian researchers.
Read More »Canadian Instrument Set to Launch on Important Earth Observation Satellite SWOT
A Canadian division of a U.S. company is playing a keystone role in a NASA-French led satellite mission. California-based Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI), which has an office in Georgetown, Ont., supplied a crucial part of the wide-swath radar instrument that will fly aboard the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite slated for launch early on Friday (Dec. 16). This page is for …
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