UrtheCast which has camera’s based on the International Space Station for space-based Earth Observation images and video has begun releasing “First Light” images including this image over Manitoba.
Read More »A New Canadian Rocket Company Aims To Go Where None Before Have Succeeded
It might come as a surprise to most Canadians but Canada has never launched a rocket into orbit. Sure we were the third country in the world to build our own satellite, the Alouette, but it was launched by the U.S. on an American rocket. Sure we’ve sent astronauts into space, built the Canadarm, Canadarm2, Dextre, have satellites in orbit and even sent instruments to …
Read More »MDA to Begin Building LIDAR for OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Mission
Today at press conference at the Royal Ontario Museum Treasury Board President Tony Clement announced that MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) will begin building the OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) for the 2016 mission.
Read More »Would a Liberal Government Reform the Canadian Space Program?
Parliament has adjourned for the summer and members of parliament (MP) are back in their ridings doing the summer BBQ circuit. But when they get back in the fall they’ll be in full election mode. So this seems an appropriate time as any to look ahead and gaze into my crystal ball and see what would happen if the Liberal’s were elected.
Read More »Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Announces University of Victoria as the Winner
The 2nd Canadian Satellite Design Challenge (CSDC) has a winner and it’s the University of Victoria. The University of Manitoba won the inaugural UrtheCast Educational Outreach Award.
Read More »Canada’s Challenge: Launching Our Own Satellites
Last week COM DEV announced that Canada’s earth observation Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat) launch was being postponed at the insistence of the Government of Canada, a by-product of political tensions in the Ukraine with Russian as the instigator. This is a situation that need not have happened if Canada had a progressive space policy in place.
Read More »New Manufacturing for New Space is the Theme for this Years Canadian Space Commerce Association's National Conference
The Canadian Space Commerce Association’s annual conference this year will on focus New Manufacturing for New Space as its theme. The conference will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Thursday, March 13, 2014.
Read More »COM DEV Receives $1-million Grant from the Province of Ontario
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne was in Cambridge Ontario to announce a $1-million grant to COM DEV to boost the company in creating more jobs and keeping it’s place as a top company in the space sector.
Read More »Sapphire Forms the Heart of the Canadian Space Surveillance System
It’s been a long wait but after completing extensive testing Canada’s first dedicated military satellite, Sapphire, is ready for service.
Read More »XPAntarctik to Test Astroskin for the Canadian Space Agency
XPAntarctik, a crew of six experienced explorers, leaves Canada today on the first leg of an unprecedented 45‑day expedition to Antarctica. During their expedition, the team will be testing Astroskin, a prototype “smart shirt” for space for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
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