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The RADARSAT Constellation Mission is less than a week away from its scheduled launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force base in California.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission Podcast with Mission Manager Steve Iris
How Will the RADARSAT Constellation Mission Benefit Canadians?
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission is tentatively scheduled to launch on Tuesday, June 11. What will the three satellites mean to the lives of everyday Canadians?
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission Launch and Deployment Animation
Canada’s trio of next-generation of Earth observation satellites known as the RADARSAT Constellation Mission is scheduled to launch in mid-June. What will the launch look like? How will the satellites be deployed?
Read More »ESA Hosts the Largest Earth Observation Conference to Date
This week the European Space Agency (ESA) is holding what they say is the largest Earth observation conference to date, with over 4,000 participants attending.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission Launch Date Set
At long last Canada’s trio of new Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites, otherwise known as the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) has a launch date.
Read More »Blockchain and Space: Chains in Space
Last week, we introduced SpaceQ readers to “Blockchain” technology. Blockchain uses encryption to create databases (often transaction ledgers) that have three key qualities: they’re decentralized, they’re transparent, and they’re immutable—changes cannot be rescinded and data cannot be removed.
Read More »Opinion: Farewell to the “Humble” Satellite – See You in 400 Years
It was recently confirmed that Canada’s first space-based satellite, MOST (for Microvariability and Oscillations of Stars), had stopped functioning. Dubbed the “humble” satellite because of its meager budget of $10M but similar mission to the Hubble telescope, MOST’s success was one of Canadian ingenuity.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Awards 31 Grants for its FAST Program
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced that it had awarded 31 grants totalling $6.2M for its Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST) program to 16 universities.
Read More »International Space Station Benefits for Humanity Book Now Available
What has the International Space Station (ISS) contributed to humanity since its inception? That’s the question that gets answered in a new book published by NASA.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency 2019-20 Planned Spending Set at $329 Million
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) released its 2019-20 Departmental Plan (DP) today which outlines spending of $329M, about $18M more than was forecasted last year but continues an expected downward trend. 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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