The advent of small satellites is not new. For several years small satellites have been on the rise. However, 2015 can be seen as the year small satellite constellations leapt to the forefront of the news with the announcements by OneWeb to launch 900 small satellites and SpaceX to launch up to 4,000 small satellites.
Read More »TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 to Improve Monitoring Over North Canadian Region
Based on the trusted collaboration in space, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have announced the funding of six major research projects in the domain of Emergency Response and Safety of Operations.DLR has awarded Airbus Defence and Space with two of them.
Read More »Neptec Awarded Phase A Contract for Space Station Dextre Deployable Vision System
Neptec has been awarded a Phase A contract by the Canadian Space Agency to design a Dextre Deployable Vision System (DDVS) with the two-fold goal of providing increased inspection capability for the International Space Station (ISS) and to evolve Canada’s capability space vision expertise for future space exploration opportunities.
Read More »Minister Bains Delivers Aerospace Summit Keynote, Cites Emerson Report
Just two weeks after being sworn in as Canada’s new Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, delivered his first keynote speech at the annual Canadian Aerospace Summit organized by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada.
Read More »COM DEV Reportedly up For Sale
One of Canada’s larger space companies is reportedly up for sale. The report by Reuters says COM DEV approached several companies about a possible sale. On the news COM DEV’s stock shot up and trading was halted for about three hours.
Read More »MDA Partners with OneWeb on Massive LEO Satellite Constellation
MDA is the latest high profile company to partner with OneWeb in its effort to build a constellation of over 900 small satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to provide affordable broadband services to areas of the Earth that are underserved.
Read More »Canadarm2 Reaches Across The Night Skies of Earth
Canadarm2 is visible over an Earth mostly shrouded in darkness.
Read More »India Launches ASTROSAT Observatory with Canadian Contribution and exactEarth Satellite
India’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), today launched India’s first dedicated astronomy observatory, ASTROSAT. Canada contributed to one of the science payloads, the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT). Also launched on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C30) was exactEarth’s exactView-9 (EV9) Automatic Identification System (AIS) satellite.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission First Two Payload Modules Structure Delivered by Magellan Aerospace
Magellan Aerospace announced today it has delivered the first two payload modules structure to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), the prime contractor for the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM).
Read More »MEOPAR and exactEarth to Host AIS Workshop
The Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR) and exactEarth announced today they are holding an worksop on September 24 and 25th in Halifax with the theme Automatic Identification System (AIS): Applications, Analysis and Data Management Technique.
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