Human error is suspected according to Russian state news agency Interfax in the loss today of Russia’s Meteor-M weather satellite and 18 other secondary payloads which included Telesat’s first Low Earth Orbit (LEO) prototype satellite.
Read More »Using the Arts and Education to Engage Canada’s Next Space Generation
In reference to cult classic Star Trek, this year’s Canada Space Society Space Summit’s theme was “Canada’s Next Space Generation.”
Read More »Women in Space are Having a Greater Impact
When Larisa Beach started in the aerospace industry more than three decades ago, she was a lone woman in a man’s world.
Read More »Innovation of Defence Excellence Needs Start-ups
If it is said that innovation of defence excellence is the Canadian Department of National Defence’s research and development goal, then it could be noted that Canadian space industry “start-ups” may possibly provide an answer to the space capability requirements that have been listed in the Department’s recent defence policy document.
Read More »Interviewed: Dr. Michael Daly on Canada’s Participation in the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
In this weeks SpaceQ podcast I spoke with Dr. Michael Daly, Associate Professor at York University about the international, though NASA led, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission, or as it’s commonly called, OSIRIS-REx.
Read More »Nüvü Camēras New Canadian Eye in the Sky
Montreal based Nüvü Camēras’s latest product just became the world’s first camera capable of seeing in extreme low light and qualified for operation in a space-like environment.
Read More »Canada’s Early Deep Space Gateway Plans
In January 2018 the International Space Exploration Coordination Group will release third edition of the Global Exploration roadmap.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency is Looking for Ideas for Secondary Planetary Science Payloads
The Canadian Space Agency issued a request for proposals (RFP) this morning looking for concepts for secondary science payloads for future missions*.
Read More »Canadians Part of Coveted Early Science Proposals for the James Webb Space Telescope
Canadians will be among the first to conduct observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, expected to launch in 2019.
Read More »Satellite Canada Innovation Network Moves Forward Despite not Making Government Supercluster Cut
Last month when the government announced the finalists for their Innovation Superclusters Initiative, the Satellite Canada Innovation Network wasn’t among those selected. No matter, Satellite Canada is moving forward anyway.
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