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Telesat will have news “in the next couple of weeks,” or shortly afterwards, on government funding for the Lightspeed constellation that is still slated to launch in 2026 following delays.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued the Phase 0 request for proposals (RFP) for the HAWCsat concept mission, anticipated to be part of Canada’s contribution to the NASA led Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) Earth observation (EO) constellation.

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) says an international launch vehicle operator has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the company to facilitate orbital launches from Spaceport Nova Scotia for a small-class launch vehicle.

Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) , the non-profit industry association that runs one of Canada’s five Global Innovation Clusters, announced today that they will be providing $4.6 million in private- and public-sector funding for six space-sector projects.

With the success of the OISRIS-Rex mission to asteroid Bennu, and with scientists studying the samples that were returned, the spacecraft has a new mission as OSIRIS-APEX, and Canada has a role to play.

MDA Space reported record backlog of $4.6 billion, Q2 revenues up 23% to $242 million, EBITDA up 21%, and raised full-year revenue guidance. CEO Mike Greenley highlighted various contracts, including Canadarm3 and Globalstar. The company remains cash-flow positive amid strong market demand.

It seems some within industry are not pleased with the Canadian Space Agency’s decision to close the David Florida Laboratory.

Toronto based Space Flight Laboratory developers of a variety of small satellite platforms and technology, announced at this years Small Satellite Conference that GHGSat has contracted them to build two more greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites, GHGSat-C12 and C13.

Kepler Communications today announced that Dan Budlovsky has been appointed the company’s new Chief Financial Officer.

In Halifax today, the Canadian government announced that years long negotiations towards a Technology Safeguards Agreement with the United States, needed for the "proper handling of sensitive U.S. technology" related to space launch technology, have concluded. The Technology Safeguards Agreement, effectively a treaty between the two countries, still needs to be ratified by both governments and signed before it comes into effect. The final review …