The Space Concordia Robotics teams has qualified for the upcoming on-site European Rover Challenge, one of 19 teams of 64 to do so.
Read More »Canada Foundation for Innovation awards $628M for Major Science Initiatives
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced its 2023 Major Science Initiatives Fund decisions, allocating $628 million to 14 institutions and 19 projects.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services Has Crown Land Lease Approved
Another important, and long-sought after item on the Maritime Launch Services (MLS) to do list can now be marked as accomplished. MLS has a 20 year crown land lease with the Province of Nova Scotia for Spaceport Nova Scotia.
Read More »Minister Champagne Visits MDA Brampton, Home of the Canadarm3 Program
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, paid a visit to MDA’s headquarters in Brampton on Wednesday, August 17 to tour the facilities which includes R&D for the Canadarm3.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services reports quarterly loss and has a possible Cyclone 4M replacement
Maritime Launch Services reported a quarterly loss of $4,315,979 for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 and a loss of $4,580,700 for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. It also disclosed that it has a letter of intent (LOI) for the use of another medium class launch vehicle if the the Ukrainian Cyclone 4M is not available. This page is for …
Read More »The number of small launch vehicles under development shrinks
In his annual survey of small launch vehicles, Carlos Niederstrasser of Northrop Grumman says the survey is now tracking 166 vehicles, up very slightly from the year before. However, the number of vehicles in development has been going down since the high of the 2020 survey. Notably though, it appears small launch vehicles are on track to launching once a month, a marked improvement. This …
Read More »The Canadian International Rover Competition returns to Drumheller
The badlands of Drumheller, Alberta will once again be the location of Canadian International Rover Competition between August 12-15.
Read More »Former BGen Kevin Whale joins MDA
Recently retired BGen Kevin Whale who was Director General for Space at the Royal Canadian Air Force and recently Deputy Commanding General (Transformation) at Space Operations Command, United States Space Force has now now joined MDA.
Read More »McGill publishes International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space
The Centre for Research in Air and Space Law at McGill University has published what they describe as the “world’s first” manual on the International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space.
Read More »Space Foundation optimistically pegs the global space economy at US$469B
The Space Foundation has released its Q2 2022 Space Report in which it states the global space economy was US$469B in 2021, a 9% increase over the previous year.
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