A year ago the Canadian Space Commerce Association hosted the first Canadian Space Policy Symposium. This year, post Space Advisory Board consultations, the space community will gather in Ottawa November 9th to discuss further steps need in building Canada’s future in space.
Read More »Annual Space Security Index Report Released – Space Debris Still Tops the List
It should not come as a surprise that space debris tops the list of issues in the 2017 edition of the Space Security Index.
Read More »Episode 19: Jeff Manber, CEO of NanoRacks, New Space Entrepreneur Unfiltered
Today on SpaceQ my guest is Jeff Manber, CEO of NanoRacks. Jeff has a degree in neuroscience and started his career in media, so how did he become the successful space entrepreneur that he is today? That story and others are part of this candid interview.
Read More »SEDS Canada and Queen’s Space Conference Updates
The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada and the Queen’s Space Conference are pushing initiatives to engage more students.
Read More »Contracts Awarded in Support of New Defence Policy Include an Unmanned Air System using Synthetic Aperture Radar
Four companies have been awarded contracts by the Department of National Defence (DND) for the All Domain Situational Awareness (ADSA) Science & Technology (S&T) program. One of those companies, C-CORE, will use Synthetic Aperture Radar from a High Elevation Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Air System (UAS).
Read More »The Canadian Space Summit Returns to Ottawa
There’s something about Ottawa and the Canadian Space Summit. Each year the Canadian Space Society holds their annual summit in a different city. However, as the Summit returns to Ottawa this year, there’s an expectation that the conference will deliver more, and it usually does.
Read More »Dan Goldberg of Telesat on their LEO Satellite Constellation and Canada’s Space Future
This week on the SpaceQ podcast I spoke with Dan Goldberg, CEO of Telesat. Telesat is a leading global satellite operator based in Ottawa. Dan’s been the Chief Executive at Telesat since 2006. Before working at Telesat he had been CEO at SES New Skies. And for those with long memories, Dan was also Associate General Counsel and Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs …
Read More »MDA’s Acquisition of DigitalGlobe Can be a Bridge Between American and Canadian Defence
The stars have once again aligned for Canada’s leading space firm. Earlier this month, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., now known simply as MDA, a Canadian global communications and information enterprise providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, completed its $2.4 billion purchase of DigitalGlobe, an American-based global provider of high resolution Earth imagery and geospatial information.
Read More »The Emergence of the Montreal Space Symposium
Young, motivated and ambitious. That’s how I would describe three of the organizers of the Montreal Space Symposium I had chance to interview.
Read More »As MDA Becomes Maxar Technologies Context is King
On October 2nd MDA’s acquisition of DigitialGlobe closed. The new company formed from this acquisition will be called Maxar Technologies and will have 6,500 employees with $3B in 2016 revenues. Contrast that to January 2008 when MDA thought it had sold its space business to then Alliant Techsystems (ATK), now Orbital ATK, and we’re planning on leaving the space market. Then, as in now, context …
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