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The Canadian Space Agency has released 13 images that show the beauty of Canada as seen by a variety of Earth observing satellites.
Read More »Artful: Satellite images showing the beauty of Canada
SkyWatch and Wyvern partner on hyperspectral data delivery
SkyWatch is once again in the news. After getting its Series A round of funding closed early in 2020, the company has been relatively quiet. However, over the past few weeks the company has had several announcements including its Series B round of funding. Now comes news of a new Canadian partner in Wyvern for hyperspectral data. This page is for subscribers only. Already a …
Read More »SkyWatch’s James Slifierz in conversation
On this weeks Space Economy podcast my returning guest is James Slifierz, the CEO of SkyWatch.
Read More »The CSA issues tender to examine the socioeconomic benefits of three Earth Observation missions
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) issued a tender for a study of the socioeconomic benefits of three water-related Earth Observation (EO) missions.
Read More »NASA’s New Earth System Observatory provides Canada opportunities
A long-standing climate change collaboration between Canadian space entities may be a part of NASA's newly announced Earth System Observatory. 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
Read More »The Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing is virtual once again
The 42nd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing is once again virtual again this year and will be held between June 21-24, 2021. It’s unfortunate for the city of Yellowknife who were supposed to host the conference last year only to see it go virtual. Then they hoped to host the event this year only to see it once again go virtual. Maybe next year? Regardless, …
Read More »Space Alpha Insights awarded $2 million for SAR satellite on-board processing technology (Corrected)
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded Space Alpha Insights Corp. a $2 million Space Technology Development Program contract to develop Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite on-board processing technology. In an earlier version of this story SpaceQ said that EarthDaily Analytics was awarded this contract. While technically true from the Canadian government perspective, the actual contract will eventually be awarded to SpaceAlpha Insights Corp. This is the …
Read More »C-CORE awarded CSA contract for blockchain technology for Earth observation big data
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded C-CORE a contract for the development of blockchain technology to be used with Earth observation big data. 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
Read More »Earth Observation industry is missing opportunities
Industry representatives came together at the GeoIgnite virtual conference for a very frank conversation on the business of optical-based Earth Observation (EO) and radar-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on April 22nd at the “Spatial Finance, New Markets for Earth Observation” panel. 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 …
Read More »Earth observation experts welcome budget funding, outline their own suggestions
Earth observations in Canada will require a next-generation synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and further integration of data products to keep up with the growing needs for monitoring the country, according to a panel of geospatial directors at the virtual GeoIgnite conference. 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 …
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