Earth Observation

Sources tell SpaceQ that the new Canadian Space Strategy to be released later today will include a review of space related regulatory frameworks.

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.

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 …

If the goals of the first InvestmentSpace was to attract investors, startups and to start a dialogue, then the event was a success.

One of the pillars of the Liberal governments economic policies in its current mandate has been its innovation agenda. A new report outlines the foundation it hopes will lead to success in the years to come. 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

Stratodynamics Aviation recently announced that its HiDRON autonomous glider had successfully completed a test flight in mid-December to an altitude of 25 km.

Prime Minister Trudeau participated in a live event with students from Rideau Hall in Ottawa this morning with Governor General Julie Payette acting as the moderator as the students posed questions to David Saint-Jacques on the International Space Station.

Canada’s only operational radar satellite, RADARSAT-2, has lost the use of its gyroscope and will now rely on the spacecraft’s three other types of sensors for attitude reference. And in just released news, Maxar announced today that the WorldView-4 satellite control moment gyros have failed and they don’t expect the spacecraft to recover.

When we look back at some of what was expected in 2018 with respect to significant Canadian space events, it’s clear they all delivered, just not always with the expected results.

The recent Canadian Science Policy Conference was an opportunity for those unfamiliar with the current state of Canada’s space policy to learn more.