SpaceQ present the top Canadian space stories of the year. From the creation of Maxar, a potential new spaceport and more, read what mattered in 2017.
Read More »Key Messages from the Governments Perspective of the Canadian Space Program
This week on the SpaceQ podcast we did something a little different. Instead of interviewing a guest we decided to playback a speech we recorded from the recent Canadian Space Summit by Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte.
Read More »There May Not Be a Google Lunar X Prize Winner but Winners Have Already Emerged
The Google Lunar X Prize has a final hard date of March 31, 2018. If none of the finalists have completed their mission to the moon by that date then no one will win. Even so, it’s clear now that the spirit of the competition has been met.
Read More »Canadian QEYSSat Quantum Satellite Program Gets Next Round of Funding
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded $1.85M contract to the University of Waterloo for the Quantum Encryption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat) mission.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission to Fly on Refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
Maxar Technologies President and CEO Howard Lance was on CNBC this afternoon talking about the new company formed from the acquisition of DigitalGlobe by MDA. During the interview he said they would be using a refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle for the Canadian government RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
Read More »Minister Bains Highlights Robotic and Lunar Technology Contributions to Canada’s Space Program
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, made a stop today at MDA’s Brampton robotic facility to highlight some of the governments contributions to the space program over the last few months.
Read More »Podcast Episode 26: Michelle Mendes on Small Satellites and the Canadian SmallSat Symposium
My guest this week on the SpaceQ podcast is Michelle Mendes, the Executive Director and President of the Canadian Space Commerce Association.
Read More »U.S. Space Policy Now Officially Includes a Human Return to the Moon
With his signature on what is now known as Space Policy Directive 1, President Trump made it official, the U.S. is sending humans back to the moon. Now comes the hard work.
Read More »Over Seven Years the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge has Engaged Hundreds of Students
If I told you that over the course of the last seven years upwards of a thousand Canadian students had participated in developing CubeSat missions you might think this was a the result of a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) initiative. You would be wrong though. There was a time the CSA was interested in this, early this decade and before, but poor leadership in government, and to …
Read More »Procurement Process of Canada’s Next Military Satellite Project Stuck in the 20th Century
The Department of National Defence (DND) this week released the long anticipated Request for Information for the Enhanced Satellite Communication Project – Polar (ESPC-P), or simply called Escape.
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