The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released an announcement of research opportunities in satellite Earth observation (EO). The opportunity is open to Canadian universities and post-secondary institutions and has an estimated $5 million available.

Saturday, October 14 will see a partial solar eclipse visible in many parts of Canada to some degree, weather dependent.

An upcoming webinar hosted by the Canadian Space Agency will focus on the “scientific developments in the field of Earth observation (EO) for wildlife.”

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) is launching a new commercial suborbital program called Dedicated Altitude Research and Testing (DART). Key to the program is the acquisition of a suborbital launch system. 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

NASA has been evaluating a variety of commercial Earth observation providers including GHGSat to as part of its Commercial Small Satellite Data Acquisition Program.

There is an undercurrent at this years International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan that isn’t being reported in the media. Approximately 400 km west of the capital Baku over 120,000 people are fleeing the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the long disputed and overwhelmingly Christian enclave within Azerbaijan’s boundaries.

On September 29, 1962 Canada became the third nation in space with the historic launch of the Alouette-1 satellite. 61 years later the Canada Space Agency has completed a massive restoration of data from the mission and made that data publicly available.

The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) provided its quarterly update through its Cassiopeia Autumnal Equinox newsletter recently. The newsletter provides an update to its members on existing programs such as the proposed CASTOR space telescope, the Square Kilometre Array and other timely news.

Seven years after the OSIRIS-REx Mission launched to Asteroid Bennu one of the key goals has been achieved, that of returning a sample safely back to Earth.

Rogers Communications announced today that it was going to use ground sensors in combination with small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) for wildfire detection.