GHGSat has once again turned to Toronto based small satellite builder Space Flight Lab to build its next three satellites, GHGSat-C3, C4 and C5. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

The U.S. election has left the public with many questions, including when or if President Trump will concede. The Democrats won the House of Representatives as expected, but lost seats. The fate of the Senate rests upon two run-off elections in Georgia scheduled for January 5th. Some members of House and Senate committee’s on space lost their elections. So what does this mean for space …

Earlier this week SpaceQ reported that Elon Musk had told us that Starlink invitations to a beta tester of the Starlink satellite internet would be sent this week. True to his word, reports began to trickle in last evening of excited users getting their invitations.

The Canadian Space Agency and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) will hold French and English webinars starting next week on intellectual property in the space sector.

MDA has filled its last senior executive position with the hiring of Dr. Minda Suchan as Vice President of its Geointelligence unit. Of note, MDA's executive organizational chart (below) now has a 50/50 gender split. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

The Universal Broadband Fund was to have been announced in the spring, but due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 it was delayed. That delay resulted in Telesat pushing back its plans to move forward with its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation program. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent …

Canadian researchers could be the beneficiaries of a memorandum of understanding signed last Friday between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Virgin Galactic. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast I’m taking to Tahir Merali, COO of the startup 4pi Lab who are planning to build a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit to detect small wildfires.

According to Elon Musk in an email to SpaceQ, invitations to beta test the Starlink internet service in Canada will begin to be sent out this week. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

Earlier this afternoon Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) announced on Twitter that it had approved SpaceX’s Starlink service in Canada.