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Telesat Lightspeed LEO satellite illustration

Telesat looks to augment its Lightspeed constellation with an additional 1373 satellites

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had a midnight deadline of November 4th for V-band non-geostationary (NGSO) satellite constellation applications. Nine companies applied and combined they would add over 37,000 satellites to low and medium Earth orbits. 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

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Greenhouse gas emissions monitoring airborne sensor. Credit: GHGSat.

GHGSat receives $20M government cleantech funding and joins International Methane Emissions Observatory

Between the G20 meeting in Rome and now the COP26 meeting in Glasgow, GHGSat has made a substantial international impression. It can be said that this Canadian "NewSpace" company has become a, if not the, leading commercial global emissions monitoring company with assets in space, airborne sensors and an advanced AI powered analytics platform. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. …

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Seraphim Capital

Seraphim Capital sees multi-decade space opportunities

Seraphim Capital's successful Initial Public Offering (IPO) which saw the company raise US $247 million this past summer, is the first step in their plan to profit from “multi-decade growth.” 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

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The new Liberal government cabinet

Trudeau unveils new Cabinet minus stalwart Marc Garneau

Prime Minister Trudeau unveiled his post-election cabinet yesterday with major changes including the exclusion of veteran politician Marc Garneau who had served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Transport Minister. Of course most readers of this publication will remember him for being the first Canadian astronaut in space and the president of the Canadian Space Agency. As for the space file, continuity in key posts …

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GHGSat-C1 known as Iris.

GHGSat wins Innovative Solutions Canada’s Testing Stream contract

GHGSat has won a $557k contract from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) as part of the Innovative Solutions Canada’s Testing Stream for their Satellite Wide-Area Surveillance of Greenhouse Gas Emissions technology. 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

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From left to right: Yuri Petrovskiy, Deputy Minister of Strategic Industries for European Integration, Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Uruskyi, an interpreter, and Vladimir Taftai, administrator of the State Space Agency

Ukraine makes push for Canadian spaceport

SpaceQ has learned that senior Ukrainian officials are heading to Canada in November including a stop in Halifax and Guysborough County where Maritime Launch Services (MLS) is proposing to build a spaceport. Among the officials coming is Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Uruskyi, State Space Agency of Ukraine Administrator Vladimir Taftai, and likely Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

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Kepler Communications artist illustration of one of their satellites

Kepler secures Aether contract with ESA

Kepler announced today it had received a contract from the European Space Agency from their Satellite telemetry and control using space IoT networks for small satellites announcement of opportunity. The contract will use Kepler’s new Aether service.

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