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MDA Space, the newly rebranded MDA, reported strong Q1 2024 results on the back of the Telesat Lightspeed constellation announced in late 2023, along with new contracts.

At the recently completed 12th Meeting of the Ozone Research Managers in Geneva, Canada submitted its national report which included data from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)’s SCISAT satellite and the Canadian OSIRIS instrument onboard the Swedish Odin satellite.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded $5 million total in grants to 13 academic institutions for the Research Opportunities in Satellite Earth Observation, smartEarth initiative, issued in October 2023.

Initials details on Canada’s new National Space Council were quietly released last week on the Canadian Space Agency website. The new multi-level governance structure is going to be big.

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.”