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The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released its 2022-23 Departmental Plan which has planned spending set at $388.3 million for its upcoming 2022-23 fiscal year which starts April 1. That represents a 3.9% decrease in planned spending compared to the previous year. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. …

The Canadian Space Agency continued a flat spending trend in 2020, this as other major foreign space programs continue to ramp up spending. 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

At Via Satellite’s Satellite 2022 conference on Monday, March 21st, Dennis Stone, Project Executive for the US$400M Commercial Destinations Free Flyer project in NASA's Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Development Program (CLDP), delivered a keynote address on the growing LEO economy and NASA's expected role within it. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology …

Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory will build another three microsatellites for GHGSat as the company continues to build-out its greenhouse gas monitoring constellation.

In this weeks Space Economy podcast my special guest is Marc Bell, CEO of Terran Orbital. Of note, Terran Orbital is going public through a SPAC merger with Tailwind Two Acquisition and is valued at $1.8B.

Telesat might modify its Lightspeed constellation amid a previously announced delay that will likely see the satellite set launch and enter service roughly a year behind schedule. 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

A "transformational year" pushed the MDA year-end quarterly gross profit up nearly 60 percent as the company reported its fourth-quarter 2021 results Thursday (March 17). 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

As MDA works through the design phases of Canadarm3, a newly announced Space Robotics Centre of Excellence will accompany the work of the next-generation robotic space arm. 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

It’s a contract everyone knew was coming, but the $268.9 million Canadarm3 Phase B awarded to MDA by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is a major milestone for the current Canadian space program. To put it into context, in the CSA’s fiscal year 2020/21 they spent $272 million on programs excluding internal services.

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) on behalf of Natural Resources Canada will award Maxar a $7.6 million contract for high-resolution optical web-based satellite Earth observation imagery data products. 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