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The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to see whether industry is interested in leasing the historic David Florida Laboratory where much of Canada’s space hardware has been tested before going into space.

Vancouver-based Metaspectral has announced that a team created by the company has reached the semi-finals of the XPRIZE Wildfire competition. Eight other Canadian entries failed to make the cut. The XPRIZE Wildfire competition is a four year, multi-track, $11 million USD competition focused on developing technologies that can mitigate wildfires. According to XPRIZE, it is intended to “transform current wildfire management approaches through the development of …

The Stardust Festival is returning once again this year but is now known as the Anangokaa Festival and the third edition of the festival will take place between September 30th and October 2nd in Timmins.

Space Canada is kicking off the first of several in-person events this year with its now annual Space Horizons one day conference on May 1st. This event is preceded by the member only Space Day on the Hill on April 30th.

In preparation for its first orbital launch in 2025 from Spaceport Nova Scotia, Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with The Spaceport Company “to lease a containerized tracking and telemetry station” with an option to purchase multiple stations.

Novaspace, the new entity formed from the Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners merger, has released its High Throughput Satellites (HTS) market report which details how Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) constellations are “redefining the High Throughput Satellites market landscape.”

SpaceQ has learned that Canadian government and the United States are getting close to concluding negotiations for a Technology Safeguards Agreement between the two countries and that negotiations have been proceeding well. An agreement would benefit companies like Maritime Launch Services, allowing American launch providers and payloads to use facilities like Spaceport Nova Scotia.

The Canadian Space Agency has extended the International Space Station robotics operations support contract for MDA Space for another five years. The contract extension is for the period between 2025 – 2030, and the value of the contract is $250 million.

Space Concordia is a student rocketry club from Concordia University with the aim of doing something that no other students have accomplished: sending a student-built, liquid-fueled rocket past the 100 km “Kármán line” where space begins.

Heeding the repeated calls from industry group Space Canada, the federal government has announced that it will create a National Space Council. This and other space related items were in the 2024 budget released yesterday by the Liberal government.