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The momentous announcement on Friday (Jan. 20) about Canada’s willingness to go into the commercial launch market is still garnering industry praise.
Read More »Rocket Maker Reaction Dynamics ‘Absolutely Ecstatic’ About Commercial Launch in Canada
After Years of Work, MLS CEO Steve Matier “Humbled” as Commercial Space Launch Approved in Canada
After the Government of Canada publicly announced last week it would support commercial space launch in Canada, Steve Matier, CEO of Maritime Launch Services (MLS) first comment to SpaceQ was that he was "sincerely humbled by what has started." In an interview with SpaceQ, Matier provided some context, a little of the backstory, and what's next. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? …
Read More »Government of Canada Gives Domestic Spaceport and Rocket Launch Industry a Boost
It's been years in the making, but today the Government of Canada signalled it would fully support the development of a domestic commercial space launch capability and necessary facilities. The first step, in the interim, and starting from today, would allow on a case-by-case basis, orbital launches from Canada. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, …
Read More »The Value of the Global Space Economy Surged in 2022
According to the annual report by Euroconsult on the global space economy, the value reached an all time high of US$424 billion, a 14.1% increase over the previous year. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Canadian Astronomical Society Provides Quarterly Update
The Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) provided its quarterly update through its Cassiopeia Newsletter last month. The newsletter provides a comprehensive update on existing programs such as the proposed CASTOR space telescope, the Square Kilometre Array and occasionally new happenings.
Read More »SkyWatch adds Sidus Space as TerraStream Customer
Sidus Space today announced it had selected Kitchener-Waterloo based SkyWatch as a partner to distribute commercial data from its satellite constellation through the TerraStream service.
Read More »ispace Completes 50% of the HAKUTO-R First Lunar Mission Milestones
On January 11, 2023, a month after the launch of the ispace Japanese HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the company announced it had completed 50% of the missions milestones. Onboard the lunar lander are two Canadian payloads.
Read More »NorthStar to Flip Axelspace Earth Observation Satellite for Space Situational Awareness
Even before NorthStar Earth & Space launches its own satellites, a new novel partnership with Japan’s Axelspace will see them collect space situational awareness (SSA) data from ‘flipped’ Earth Observation satellites.
Read More »Terranauts – Making Lemonade
When we left the Gemini program in the last this episode of the Terranauts podcast, President Lyndon B Johnson was just stepping up the microphone at his ranch in Texas to explain how NASA was going to respond to the failure of Gemini 6 barely 72 hours previously.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services to Launch Spaceflight Inc. Sherpa Orbital Transfer Vehicles
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) will launch up to five Sherpa Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) from Seattle area based Spaceflight Inc. aboard the Ukrainian built Cyclone-4M from Spaceport Nova Scotia as early as 2025.
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