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The last three Canadian CubeSat Project satellites are scheduled to launch today on the SpaceX Dragon’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS-30) mission to the International Space Station.

At the ongoing Satellite 2024 conference in Washington MDA Space CEO Mike Greenley was announced as the winner of the 2023 Satellite Executive of the Year Award during a luncheon ceremony.

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) announced today it has signed an agreement with Impulso.Space USA Corp. who will provide integrated launch services for Spaceport Nova Scotia. The news comes as MLS recently outlined its Phase 1 and 2 Lease and Launch Revenue Model. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. …

The federal government has made a new commitment to open science over the past few months. In January they opened a new Federal Open Science Repository for Government agencies to publish scientific research and data for public access.

The Government of Canada announced two new greening projects, and recently discussed progress on a third for Canadian Space Agency (CSA) that saw a sharp cut in its emissions, as part of a government-wide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Bolton, Ontario’s Canadensys Aerospace has received a contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to work on lunar agriculture. According to the announcement, they will specifically be assisting with design work on subsystems for a “Ground Test Demonstrator” (GTD) of a Lunar Greenhouse. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. …

Technology from Ontario’s Canadensys Aerospace was recently on the first U.S. Moon lander to make a soft touchdown in more than 50 years, since the Apollo 17 human landing mission of 1972.

After last years blockbuster budget which included $1.2 billion over 13 years for a lunar utility vehicle among other initiatives along with an anticipated new high in planned spending at $537 million, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) departmental plan (DP) for 2024-25 has a lower planned spending level. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, …

NASA has set a tentative date of No Earlier Than (NET) Monday, April 22, 2024 for what is expected to be the final test flight of the Starliner capsule. Should this Crew Flight Test (CFT) go smoothly then the Starliner-1 mission with Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk onboard would launch NET early 2025.

MDA has rebranded to MDA Space, reflecting its growth in the space economy and satellite technology, amidst potential confusion with other 'MDA' named entities.