NorthStar Earth & Space, a commercial space-based situational awareness startup based in Montreal, announced it had closed its Series C round of funding having raised $47M (US$35M) from an international group of investors.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency is Looking for Atmosphere Observing System Supporting Technologies
After the government made a significant funding announcement of $200 million for Earth Observation in mid-October, the Canadian Space Agency is now looking to industry for supporting technologies of the US led Atmosphere Observing System.
Read More »Students in Alberta, Ontario Win Opportunity to Virtually Control a Lunar Rover
The winners of the Lunar Rover Research Challenge were announced this week with four schools selected from Alberta and Ontario. The winners will now get a chance to virtually control a lunar rover.
Read More »First Commercial Mission to the Moon Launches With Canadian Payloads
Hours before the Artemis I mission Orion capsule splashed down on Sunday, Dec. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the ispace HAKUTO-R mission to the Moon from the from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Read More »With First Artemis Moon Mission Success, Artemis II Astronauts to be Named in Early 2023
With the Artemis I Orion capsule safely returning to Earth yesterday, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center said in a media briefing that the announcement of which astronauts will participate in the Artemis II mission will be in early 2023. That announcement will include a Canadian.
Read More »Astrobotic, An Update
In this episode of the Space Economy podcast we a have Future In-Space Operations Q&A from Nov. 30 with Mike Provenzano, Director of Lunar Surface Systems at Astrobotic Technology.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency to Host Platforms and Launcher Services Webinar
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is hosting a webinar on December 7 on the topic of Accessing Space: Platforms and Launcher Services.
Read More »First Student Built Canadian CubeSat Project Satellites to Launch Saturday
In 2016 the Canadian Space Agency began the process of what would become the Canadian CubeSat Project. Now six years later and after several delays, most induced by the the pandemic, the first two student satellites from this project are scheduled to launch Saturday, Nov. 26.
Read More »New Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program Opportunity Upcoming
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has posted notice of an upcoming Lunar Exploration Accelerator Program (LEAP) opportunity and is requesting letters of interest.
Read More »AI Software Startup Metaspectral Raises $4.7M in Seed Round
Vancouver based startup Metaspectral has raised $4.7M in its seed round for its AI cloud-based software Fusion platform that can analyze hyperspectral data in real-time.
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