NASA has scheduled spacewalks on January 23rd and 29th to replace another degraded Canadarm2 hand on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More »MDA Issues Unprecedented RFI to Support a Canadian Next Generation Robotic Manipulator System
In anticipation of a contribution to a future international mission beyond low Earth orbit, MDA has issued an unprecedented Request for Information (RFI). As far as I can recall, this is the first time MDA has issued an RFI of this nature.
Read More »Landing Site Selection for Commercial Missions to the Moon
This past week at the Lunar Science for Landed Missions Workshop, two commercial landing opportunities panels were organized that included representatives from Moon Express, Astrobotic, Blue Origin, iSpace, Masten Space, PT Scientists, Team Indus, Masten and Ceres Robotics.
Read More »India Successfully Launches the PSLV-C40 Mission With a Canadian Satellite On Board
It was in the end, a perfect looking launch. That sigh of relief heard from Telesat officials in India could be heard all the way back at headquarters in Ottawa.
Read More »What’s In Store for China’s Space Program in 2018
China has set a very ambitious launch schedule for 2018 announcing in early January it would try to conduct over 40 government and commercial launches.
Read More »Telesat Nervously Awaits Indian PSLV-C40 Launch
On August 31, 2017, India’s PSLV-C39 launched normally but ultimately failed when the fairing failed to separate. This Thursday evening, India will launch it’s next PSLV-C40 mission with Telesat’s LEO-1 technology demonstration satellite on-board. After losing their other technology demonstration satellite, LEO-2, on a failed Russian launch last November, they must be a little nervous.
Read More »Canada Taking Next Steps to Continue Leadership of Robotic Manipulators for Future Space Missions
The Canadian Space Agency has released a request for proposals (RFP) that would continue work on robotic manipulators that could eventually be used in future deep space missions, on other planets, the moon and closer to home for satellite servicing and even possibly on commercial space stations.
Read More »Canadian SmallSat Symposium Announces Technical Speakers
The Canadian Space Commerce Association has released its technical speaker list for the Canadian SmallSat Symposium (#CDNSmallSat2018) being held in Toronto between February 13-15, 2018.
Read More »MDA Hires Mike Greenley as its New Group President of Canada
Maxar Technologies announced today that Mike Greenley would become the new Group President of MDA in Canada as of January 15 and will report directly to Maxar president and CEO Howard Lance.
Read More »Significant Events in Canadian Space for 2018
What are some of the notable happenings in Canadian space in 2018? Here’s a hint, the first notable event happens in 8 days with a rocket launch in India.
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