Axiom Space has signed a new agreement with MDA for external payload interfaces for its future commercial space station, the second time this year its tapped MDA for the Canadarm3 derived technology.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Renews Stratospheric Balloon Flight Agreement With CNES
At the International Astronautical Congress 2022 in Paris today, the Canadian Space Agency and CNES, the French space agency, renewed their partnership for the stratospheric balloon flight opportunities program.
Read More »The Critical Earth Observation SWOT Satellite is Almost Ready for Launch
The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Earth observation satellite, a joint mission of the French space agency,CNES and NASA, and with contributions from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the United Kingdom Space Agency (UKSA), is almost ready for transport in early October to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for a scheduled December 5 launch.
Read More »John Moores is the New Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency
John Moores of York University is the new Science Advisor to Lisa Campbell, President of the Canadian Space Agency.
Read More »MDA’s RADARSAT-2 Takes its One Millionth Image
MDA’s CEO Mike Greeney posted on LinkedIn yesterday that this past Sunday, September 11, its RADARSAT-2 satellite had acquired its one millionth image, a major milestone for any Earth observation platform.
Read More »Spire Global Satellites Will Host Three GHGSat Payloads
GHGSat has signed a deal with Spire Global to host at least three methane-tracking payloads. The deal, announced at the World Satellite Business Week, will have GHGSat move away (at least partially) from their previous strategy of owning their own satellites, and shift towards putting payloads onto Spire satellites. Spire will be launching three 16U satellites in 2023 that will each carry one of GHGSat’s payloads.
Read More »NorthStar Inks Partnership with Telespazio for Space Domain Awareness
NorthStar Earth & Space continues to add to its European portfolio of partnerships, this time signing a distribution and partnership agreement at the World Satellite Business Week with Telespazio, the joint venture between Leonardo and Thales.
Read More »Trillion-plus dollars in satellite service revenue by 2031, says Euroconsult
Euroconsult is forecasting a trillion dollar “explosion” in the satellite market by 2031, driven by a shift to data-driven applications and the rise of pay-as-you-go, service-driven approaches.
Read More »MDA to Provide Ka-Band Steerable Antennas for Airbus OneWeb Satellites
MDA announced today that it was selected by Airbus OneWeb Satellites to design and build Ka-Band steerable antennas for their Arrow small satellite platform.
Read More »NASA Wants to Launch Artemis I this Month
NASA really wants to launch the Artemis I mission this month, but won’t rush repairs. Getting the Artemis Program on track is critical however.
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