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NASA has selected MDA Geospatial Service Inc., an MDA Space company, as one of eight awardees for its Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition Program On-Ramp1 Multiple Award.

Telesat is beginning the sale of satellite services company Infosat Communications, in a transaction announced Tuesday (Sept. 3).

Analyzing and predicting climate and weather is one of the most important parts of the space economy. Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML/AI) has been a key part of that for years. A new company in Toronto called Perceptive Space, however, is taking that to another level. Having just emerged from stealth a few months ago, Perceptive Space and founder/CEO Padmashri Suresh aim to deploy …

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a launch service provider for the CubeSats Initiative in Canada for STEM (CUBICS) program.

Carré Technologies Inc., also known as Hexoskin, announced August 27, 2024 that it had raised $4.2M USD ($5.6M CAD) to “invest in growth, digital biomarkers research, and new AI-based digital diagnostics solutions.”

Beyond Gravity, a Swiss space industry supplier, has been selected by MDA Space as part of its supply chain for MDA Aurora, the companies software-defined digital satellite product line. 

Vancouver based EarthDaily Analytics (EDA) announced August 21 that MySpatial has signed a four year contract worth $1.7 million.

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) announced August 21 that it had signed on Voyager Space as “the first Owner Authorized Representative” for Spaceport Nova Scotia.

Three Space Flight Laboratory built satellites were launched on Friday, August 16 on the SpaceX Transporter-11 rideshare mission. The satellites were built for Hawkeye 360’s Cluster 10 mission.

Telesat will have news “in the next couple of weeks,” or shortly afterwards, on government funding for the Lightspeed constellation that is still slated to launch in 2026 following delays.