In discussing last week’s budget, Jay Aspin, Conservative MP for Nipissing-Timiskaming and Chair of the Parliamentary Space Caucus, told Bay Today that “we’re going to be launching satellites out of North Bay.”
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Today’s federal budget included a few surprises for Canada’s space program. The space sector had become accustomed to expecting little or no mention in the annual budget. Perhaps as this is an election budget, the government wanted to cover all its bases.
Read More »WorldView-3, a high-resolution commercial satellite by DigitalGlobe, is as accurate as it should be according to a study by Vancouver based PhotoSat. In fact, the study shows that WordlView’s 30 centimeter resolution satellite is accurate to within 15 centimeters, a remarkable achievement.
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The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a notice of proposed procurement for 23 identified Priority Technologies (PT) through the Space Technology Development Program (STDP).
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St. John Paul II Catholic School in Bolton is the new home of an out-of-this world space experience in the form of a Canadian mission control centre for the world’s first ever elementary-school built satellite.
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The Prime Minister announced today that veteran public servant Sylvain Laporte has been named as President of the Canadian Space Agency. Mr. Laporte is currently the Commissioner of Patents and Registrar of Trade-marks, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Industry Canada. He will commence his new duties on March 9th. Mr. Laporte has a long history in public service working at Industry Canada, the Canada Post Corporation …
Read More »Astronaut Chris Hadfield moderates this panel, the Next Generation Plenary: Innovations in Exploration.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency has issued a Request for Information (RFI – 9F013-140805/A) regarding Space-Based Automated Identification System (SB-AIS) data services.
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This is part 2 of An Overview of Canadian Military Space in 2014. Part 1 is available here.
Read More »Space Strategies Consulting Ltd. (SSCL) is offering an Introduction to Space Applications two day course at the end of March. The course is targeting an audience of civil servants and the general public who require and understanding of the space environment as part of their work.
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