Earth Observation

In late 2003 the Canadian Space Strategy was published. It was designed to pivot from a Long Term Space Plan to a framework for Canada’s space program.

In today’s article, the fifth in this weeks series on What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, I’ll present the 1999 National Space Paper which some consider the third Long Term Space Plan.

In today’s article, the fourth in this weeks series on What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, I’ll present the 1994 plan, the first created by the Canadian Space Agency.

Canadian space geeks came together during a weekend earlier this month (Oct. 19 to 21) to hack, chat and create space apps that got the attention of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA.

There is a space race ongoing in Canada and it’s not what you might expect. In fact, it’s flying under the radar and the government is ill-prepared to deal with it because frankly they’re not paying enough attention.

Mike Greenley and the new MDA are no longer content to quietly roam the halls of power in Ottawa to make their point. This new MDA is in your face, public, and fighting for its business and for a supply chain of smaller companies.

As September comes to a close there are some great events across Canada in October and November for the everyone in the space community.

The space community is using another opportunity at its disposal like never before in the form of the federal pre-budget consultations, to get its message out of a funded space strategy.

We’ve known for some time that the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is tentatively set to launch in November. Is it now possible that the launch could slip to December, perhaps even into early 2019?

There’s good news and bad news in a new poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for the Don’t Let Go Canada Coalition. Canadians are largely ignorant of how the space program affects their lives, but proud of what they are aware of.