SpaceQ has confirmed from an Innovation, Science and Economic Development department official that the long awaited new Canadian Space Strategy will be released this week.
Read More »Global Affairs Canada Approves Provisional License for Planet Ground Station in Inuvik
One year after U.S. based Planet Labs Inc. threatened to pull its ground station assets out of Inuvik, and nearly three years after submitting a license request to operate in Canada’s high Arctic, the company has a Provisional License to operate its ground station.
Read More »David Saint-Jacques the First Astronaut to Enter New SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule
A new spacecraft has docked with the Space Station, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule on its maiden voyage, a precursor to astronauts using the spacecraft.
Read More »How a Convair 580 Airplane Led to the RADARSAT Constellation Mission
Sitting in a side hangar of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum (CASM) is a special preservation project: an airplane that is the direct ancestor of the forthcoming RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) that will launch in the coming months, upgrading RADARSAT-2’s capability with a trio of satellites.
Read More »Canada is Going to the Moon
Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what many had hoped for by committing Canada to participate in the NASA led effort to return to the moon. Canada will contribute a smart robotic system to the NASA's Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) program. The smart robotic system includes a next-generation robotic arm, which is already being called the Canadarm3, other unnamed equipment, and specialized tools to be …
Read More »Small Satellite Technology Being Developed at Ottawa Incubator ‘Greenhouse’
Honeywell Aerospace recently opened a local incubator, dubbed the “Greenhouse”, to reduce the cost and time to create technologies for small satellites, the company said Tuesday (Feb. 26) at an announcement at an office on Elgin Street.
Read More »InvestmentSpace 2019 Hits Enough Right Notes to be a Success
If the goals of the first InvestmentSpace was to attract investors, startups and to start a dialogue, then the event was a success.
Read More »DND Project Grey Jay will use the SFL Defiant Platform and Other new Details
The Department of National Defence’s Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has provided SpaceQ with additional details on Project Grey Jay.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services to Deliver NSE Focus Report by the Third Week of March
Maritime Launch Services (MLS), the Halifax based startup wanting to build a spaceport in Nova Scotia, plans on submitting its mandated Nova Scotia Environment Focus Report by the third week of March SpaceQ has learned.
Read More »As MDA Turns 50 we Talk with Group President Mike Greenley
MDA has been in business for 50 years now, which is no small achievement, and it’s not easy to keep a company growing for a long period of time.
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