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Toronto hasn’t had a standalone planetarium since the McLaughlin Planetarium closed its doors in 1995. That could change if a group of influential local people can sway politicians, corporations and philanthropic donors.

After a successful launch of the Starliner Commercial Crew Vehicle on its maiden flight test, a software problem with the onboard timer resulted in the spacecraft not achieving its intended orbit.

In a Tweet yesterday the Canadian Space Agency announced that the $1 billion program that is the RADARSAT Constellation Mission is now fully operational.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has selected five companies for its Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics for Advanced Autonomous Space Systems challenge.

Heading into 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal minority government will need to tread carefully to stay in power, but that shouldn’t effect the space file.

In this weeks SpaceQ podcast I interview Chad English on the implications of LEO satellite constellations for rural and remote communities.

Earlier this year the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) held a Space Security Conference that included several Canadian voices and was co-organized by The Simons Foundation Canada.

On this weeks Terranauts podcast, host Iain Christie recounts the story of when he realized what it meant to be what he now calls a Terranaut.

Waterloo based SkyWatch was awarded a $156k contract from the Innovative Solutions Canada program via the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).

This weeks SpaceQ podcast is a live recording from the Canadian Space Summit. The speaker is Rob Postma, Vice President and Head of Governmental Export, Space Systems, Airbus.