December 30, 2013
Business, Earth Observation, News
UrtheCast Corp. announces that on Dec. 27, 2013, its two Earth observation cameras were installed as planned on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). However, Mission Controllers were unable to confirm that the cameras were receiving power from the ISS.
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October 15, 2013
Business, News
Tomorrow over 600 attendees will gather in Ottawa for the annual Canadian Aerospace Summit hosted by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC). This years theme is “Engage in Change”.
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October 15, 2013
Business, News
COM DEV (TSE:CDV) which on October 10th announced its largest commercial contract of $65 million ever, saw its stock target price boosted to $5.00 from $4.75 the next day by Canaccord Genuity. The renewed confidence in the company comes as analysts believe the company has rebounded from the lows of 2011.
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October 3, 2013
Business, News
This years Canadian Space Summit by the Canadian Space Society is once again being held in Ottawa between November 12-15 with the theme Canada’s Space Economy.
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September 11, 2013
Business, News
I bet you didn’t know that if you drove onto the West Island of Montreal via the Trans-Canada Highway, that in a nondescript building at MDA’s Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue office, on the north side of the highway, was a $140 million satellite securely stored and awaiting its mission the last few years.
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June 12, 2013
Business, News
For the Space Concordia team which won the inaugural Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) last fall the cooperative agreement between Canada and the European Space Agency (ESA) could pave the way to have their CubeSat flown.
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May 21, 2013
Business, News
The AIAC 2013 Canadian Aerospace Summit is being held in Ottawa once again this year on October 16 and 17 at the Ottawa Convention Centre. This is the third year for the Summit which brings together some 600 people.
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May 16, 2013
Business, News
D-Wave Systems out of Vancouver announced today that one its new D-Wave Two™ quantum computers will be installed at the newly established Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, a collaboration between Google, the Universities Space Research Association and NASA.
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March 21, 2013
Business, News
The government is pretty much in status quo mode after delivering today’s budget, at least for the space sector. The message was simple, we’re examining the recommendations of the Aerospace Review and we’ll get back to you.
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March 18, 2013
Business, News
For those in the space sector hoping that this Thursday’s federal budget would provide some new programs or spending, the tea leaves we’re reading say otherwise. In fact with an austerity budget on tap the Canadian Press is reporting that discretionary spending will be down.
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