You can add the Earth Observation (EO) community to the list of space communities that need a new long term plan.
Read More »Canada Preparing the Way for Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway Contribution
While the Canadian government has not publicly committed to the long-term NASA led Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway program, it is preparing the way, and sources inform SpaceQ that Canada is likely to sign-on.
Read More »Space Strategy on Pause and an Update on Astronaut David Saint-Jacques’ Flight
In this weeks SpaceQ podcast I speak with freelance journalist Elizabeth Howell about last weeks Canadian Aerospace Summit and on David Saint-Jacques’ upcoming mission to the International Space Station.
Read More »Helios Wire and exactEarth Small Satellites Set for Launch on SmallSat Express
Helios Wire and exactEarth will each have a small satellite launched on the upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Spaceflight SSO-A rideshare mission scheduled for no earlier than Nov. 27.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques and Expedition 58 Crew Head to Kazakhstan
Expedition 58 astronaut David Saint-Jacques along with his crewmates, Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos and Flight Engineers Anne McClain of NASA, have left Moscow for the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in preparation for their December 3 launch.
Read More »Maxar Shareholders Overwhelmingly Vote in Favour U.S. Domestication Plan
Seeing growth potential in the U.S., and overlooking problems with part of Maxar’s business landscape, shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the U.S. domestication plan.
Read More »Tim Explains: What are Asteroids and Why do we Study Them?
In an ongoing Canadian Science in Space video series, the Canadian Space Agency’s Tim Haltigin explains what are asteroids and why do we study them?
Read More »Startup Astroscale is Building a Business Aimed at Cleaning up Space Debris
Space debris is an issue that’s not going away. In fact, it will get worse before it might get better. For Astroscale, an Asian startup based in Singapore and Japan, that spells business opportunity while doing humanity a favour.
Read More »15 Years Without a Long Term Space Plan – The Failure of Successive Canadian Governments
In our special series, What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, we presented a chronological history of the key documents that supported or were considered Long Term Space Plans. In this the final story in the series we look at the failure in leadership that’s existed for 15 years.
Read More »13 Canadian Commercial Satellite Constellations in Development
There are 13 Canadian commercial satellite constellations in development with 384 planned satellites and five satellites already on-orbit.
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