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MDA Space has announced the appointment of Guillaume Lavoie as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately.
Read More »MDA Space Appoints Guillaume Lavoie as its New Chief Financial Officer
CPAC Posts SpaceBound Conference Videos
The Cable Public Affairs Channel, otherwise known as CPAC, has posted several videos from the recent 2024 SpaceBound conference which was covered extensively by SpaceQ.
Read More »SatixFy to Provide Landing Station Baseband Units for Telesat Lightspeed
Telesat has signed a $39 million contract with SatixFy for Landing Station Baseband Units to be used with Telesat’s Lightspeed Network.
Read More »GHGSat to Launch 9 More Satellites Before 2027
GHGSat plans to nearly double its methane-hunting satellites from 12 to 21 in the next two years, launching nine more satellites by the end of 2026.
Read More »Asia’s Space Ambitions and Canada
The Asia Policy journal October 2024 issue is available and it includes a roundtable discussion titled Asia’s Space Ambitions: Driving the Next Chapter in Global Space Competition. Within this 90 page roundtable is a contribution by Brian Gallant and Jordan Miller on Canada.
Read More »Airbus and Telesat to Work Together on Airline Satellite Internet
Telesat announced on Monday at the APEX expo in Long Beach, California that they and Airbus would be working together on providing high speed internet connectivity to airline passengers.
Read More »Proposed CASTOR Space Telescope Waits on Government
The proposed Canadian led Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and uv Research, commonly referred to by its acronym CASTOR, while not in limbo, is in need of some timely attention by decision makers in government. This according to a recent update from the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA).
Read More »CSA Provides Additional $1M Funding to Canadensys Aerospace and MDA Space for Lunar Initiative
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is providing additional funding in the amount of $500,000 each to Canadensys Aerospace and MDA Space for the Lunar Surface Exploration Initiative.
Read More »Telesat Taps Intellian for Lightspeed Gateway Antennas
Telesat has awarded a contract to Intellian to supply 127 gateway antenna systems for use with Telesat's Lightspeed low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.
Read More »Earth Observation Still Lacking Scalable Commercial Work, says MDA Space
MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley expressed strong opinions on the space economy and Earth observation during a Monday afternoon keynote at the Silicon Valley Space Week conference. He said that the space sector is likely to see “explosive” growth, which western analysts may well be underestimating, thanks to a shift from government to commercial clients. He sounded a cautionary note, however, on Earth observation (EO) …
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