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Commercial spaceports to see growing activity this decade

While 2020 was a challenging year for spaceports around the world, commercial and government activity remains a great opportunity for these space-faring locations – although certain risks must be mitigated, a set of new reports says. 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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Government of Québec announces investment in Telesat's lightspeed

Telesat, MDA secure $400 million investment from the Government of Québec, will invest $1.8 billion in the province

As NASA's Perseverance rover was preparing for its successful descent and landing on Mars, another successful event was happening in Québec, the announcement that $1.8 billion would be invested into the province by Telesat, MDA and the Government of Québec for Telesat's Lightspeed telecommunication satellite constellation. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and …

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Lost Without Translation - Identifying Gaps in U.S. Perceptions of the Chinese Commercial Space Sector

U.S. perception of China’s commercial space sector

In November of last year SpaceQ began a new feature on China's space economy with the first part of a two part podcast. Part of the goal of our coverage is to discern the differences between the Chinese commercial space sector compared to its western counterparts. Today, a new paper by the Secure World Foundation and the Caelus Foundation discusses U.S. perceptions on this topic …

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DND Infographic - IDEaS Building Defence Capability

DND issues IDEaS Classified Stream RFI and includes space sensor payloads

The Department of National Defence Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS) program has issued a new Letter of Interest (LOI)/Request for Information (RFI) for a Classified Stream that includes seven domains under consideration including space sensor payloads. 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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Space Flight Laboratory developed NorSat-TD microsatellite

Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory to develop technology demonstrator microsatellite for Norway

The Space Flight Laboratory today announced that they will build a technology demonstrator microsatellite for the Norwegian Space Agency that will include payloads from France, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway. 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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Kepler Communications Kepler-6 and Kepler-7 satellites

Kepler could launch over 24 more satellites this year

Kepler Communications, the Toronto based satellite telecommunications company, has 13 satellites in low Earth Orbit including eight launched on January 24th of this year. Documents filed with US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) state that they could launch over 24 more satellites this year. 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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Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg announcing the Lightspeed constellation prime contractor of Thales Alenia Space

Telesat picks Thales Alenia Space to build US$5 billion ‘Lightspeed’ LEO satellite constellation

It will come as no surprise that Telesat has picked Thales Alenia Space as the prime contractor to build its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The selection was hinted at last summer in comments by Maxar CEO Dan Jablonsky. 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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