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Space Strategies Consulting Ltd. (SSCL) is offering an Introduction to Space Applications two day course at the end of March. The course is targeting an audience of civil servants and the general public who require and understanding of the space environment as part of their work.
Read More »The Canadian Government Invests in New Earth Observation Products
Twelve companies will receive contracts totalling just under $6.7 million to deliver Earth Observation (EO) products designed to benefit Canadians. The data will be supplied by Canadian Space Agency supported Earth Observation missions including RADARSAT-2.
Read More »UrtheCast Releases First Images of Canada
UrtheCast which has camera’s based on the International Space Station for space-based Earth Observation images and video has begun releasing “First Light” images including this image over Manitoba.
Read More »Satellite sees Smoke from Canadian Fires over U.S.
NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite or GOES-West satellite spotted smoke over the U.S. Mid-West from dozens of fires raging in Canada’s Northwestern Territories.
Read More »Two Nanosats Launched by India for the University of Toronto's UTIAS Space Flight Lab
An Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PLSV-C23) rocket launched earlier today carrying the French SPOT-7 earth observation satellite as its primary payload and five small satellites as its secondary payload including two nanosats from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) Space Flight Laboratory.
Read More »Canada from Space Educational Giant Floor Map Unveiled
A new “Canada from Space” map for educators is now available from a collaboration between the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), the Canadian Space Agency and Canada’s Aviation and Space Museum (CASM).
Read More »Canada’s Challenge: Launching Our Own Satellites
Last week COM DEV announced that Canada’s earth observation Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat) launch was being postponed at the insistence of the Government of Canada, a by-product of political tensions in the Ukraine with Russian as the instigator. This is a situation that need not have happened if Canada had a progressive space policy in place.
Read More »CSA Releases State of the Canadian Space Sector for 2012
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released its annual State of the Canadian Space Sector for 2012. The report, 24 pages in length, notes a decline in overall revenues of 4.5% from the previous year with total revenues coming in at $3.327 billion.
Read More »UrtheCast Space Station Camera Installation Update
UrtheCast Corp. announces that on Dec. 27, 2013, its two Earth observation cameras were installed as planned on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). However, Mission Controllers were unable to confirm that the cameras were receiving power from the ISS.
Read More »NASA Image: Wildfires in Central Canada
Wildfires continue to be a problem in Canada. Currently in the central region, including the Northern Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, numerous fires were spotted by the Aqua satellite on this image captured on August 12, 2013.
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