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Space Software Company Mission Control Raises $3.25 Million

Mission Control, a startup that is based in Ottawa, has raised $3.25 million in a seed round led by a Toronto Company. Mission Control officials said that the seed round of equity financing was led by GreenSky Ventures. The company plans to use the funding, principally, for two major ventures. The first is to continue work on its Spacefarer platform, which manages space-based robotics and …

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Satellite digital payload, chips by SatixFy

MDA Adds to Digital Payload Capability With Acquisition of SatixFy Division

MDA is having a moment, a good one, as the company has had to navigate some choppy waters even before the pandemic started. Adding to the moment is the announcement today of the acquisition of the digital payload division of SatixFy Communications Ltd. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent …

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Plasma animation - A very quick explanation of how the plasma moves through our rocket engine.Image credit: Ad Astra Rocket Company.

Aethera Technologies Makes Minority Equity Investment in Ad Astra Rocket Company

Halifax-based RF technology company Aethera Technologies Ltd. has announced that they’ve made an “undisclosed minority equity investment” in Houston’s Ad Astra Rocket Company. The two companies have a long-standing relationship and contextualizes Ad Astra’s other recent announcement that they’ve received two NASA contracts for development of their VASIMR engine. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, …

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2009 - This was the fifth and final mission to service and repair the telescope. Here, astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel perform the first of five spacewalks to work on Hubble. Image credit: NASA.

Astronaut Andrew Feustel Joins the Canadian Space Mining Corporation

Recently retired American/Canadian NASA Astronaut Dr. Andrew J. Feustel has joined the Canadian Space Mining Corporation as their Executive Vice President of Strategy. It's a move that will certainly inspire some confidence in this ambitious small startup that has big designs related to the Moon and beyond. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology …

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Arctic glacier. Image credit: Canadian Space Agency.

MDA Awarded Contract for the Arctic Observing Mission

Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) announced on July 31 that MDA has won an award to conduct a study on the feasibility and value of the Arctic Observing Mission (AOM). The award was for $2.5M and will last until the end of 2024. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support …

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