At the International Astronautical Congress 2022 in Paris today, the Canadian Space Agency and CNES, the French space agency, renewed their partnership for the stratospheric balloon flight opportunities program.
Read More »The Critical Earth Observation SWOT Satellite is Almost Ready for Launch
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Earth observation satellite, a joint mission of the French space agency,CNES and NASA, and with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), is almost ready for transport in early October to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for a scheduled December 5 launch.
Read More »John Moores is the New Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency
John Moores of York University is the new Science Advisor to Lisa Campbell, President of the Canadian Space Agency.
Read More »MDA’s RADARSAT-2 Takes its One Millionth Image
MDA’s CEO Mike Greeney posted on LinkedIn yesterday that this past Sunday, September 11, its RADARSAT-2 satellite had acquired its one millionth image, a major milestone for any Earth observation platform.
Read More »NorthStar Inks Partnership with Telespazio for Space Domain Awareness
NorthStar Earth & Space continues to add to its European portfolio of partnerships, this time signing a distribution and partnership agreement at the World Satellite Business Week with Telespazio, the joint venture between Leonardo and Thales.
Read More »MDA to Provide Ka-Band Steerable Antennas for Airbus OneWeb Satellites
MDA announced today that it was selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites to design and build Ka-Band steerable antennas for their Arrow small satellite platform.
Read More »NASA Wants to Launch Artemis I this Month
NASA really wants to launch the Artemis I mission this month, but won’t rush repairs. Getting the Artemis Program on track is critical however.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Sponsors AI for Space Robotics Challenge
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is sponsoring a new challenge from the Innovative Solutions Canada Program, this time for AI for Space Robotics Auto-diagnostics and Early Failure Prediction.
Read More »C6 Launch Systems Subsidiary to Build New Launch Area at Brazil’s Alcantara Space Center
Canadian based C6 Launch Systems announced today that its Brazilian subsidiary C6 Sistemas de Lançamentos do Brasil (C6 Sistemas) will build a new launch area and expand existing infrastructure at the Alcantara Space Center (CAE) as part of an agreement with the Brazilian Air Force Command (COMAER).
Read More »Nova Scotia Gives Maritime Launch Services Approval for Spaceport Construction
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has cleared the last hurdle ahead of construction on Spaceport Nova Scotia with today’s news that the Province of Nova Scotia had informed the startup that they had satisfied all the conditions of its environmental assessment in 2019.
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