The Oort Cloud may not be as icy as we imagine. The zone of little worlds outside of Neptune’s orbit appears to have a least some rocky composition, which is a growing hypothesis strengthened with a new meteoroid observation led by Canadian researchers.
Read More »And in Conclusion – Part 7 of An Entrepreneurial Space Series
This is part 7 of my 6 part series on An Entrepreneurial Space. Yes, you read that right. I started this series with six parts in mind talking about the various “players” in the world of Entrepreneurial Space. By the end of the last part, though, I felt like a bit more was needed to bring the whole summarizes together. And since the last article …
Read More »Canadian Space Agency is Looking for Atmosphere Observing System Supporting Technologies
After the government made a significant funding announcement of $200 million for Earth Observation in mid-October, the Canadian Space Agency is now looking to industry for supporting technologies of the US led Atmosphere Observing System.
Read More »Students in Alberta, Ontario Win Opportunity to Virtually Control a Lunar Rover
The winners of the Lunar Rover Research Challenge were announced this week with four schools selected from Alberta and Ontario. The winners will now get a chance to virtually control a lunar rover.
Read More »Canadian Instrument Set to Launch on Important Earth Observation Satellite SWOT
A Canadian division of a U.S. company is playing a keystone role in a NASA-French led satellite mission. California-based Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI), which has an office in Georgetown, Ont., supplied a crucial part of the wide-swath radar instrument that will fly aboard the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite slated for launch early on Friday (Dec. 16). This page is for …
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Readies Next Five Years of AO’s in Space Science
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) recently released its roadmap of research opportunities in space science between 2022 and 2027.
Read More »Euroconsult Says Satellite Demand to Quadruple and Concentrate in a Few Key Players
Euroconsult is predicting a dramatic increase in the demand for satellites in the coming decade, but that the concentration of that demand in the hands of a few key players could create headwinds.
Read More »First Commercial Mission to the Moon Launches With Canadian Payloads
Hours before the Artemis I mission Orion capsule splashed down on Sunday, Dec. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the ispace HAKUTO-R mission to the Moon from the from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Read More »With First Artemis Moon Mission Success, Artemis II Astronauts to be Named in Early 2023
With the Artemis I Orion capsule safely returning to Earth yesterday, Vanessa Wyche, director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center said in a media briefing that the announcement of which astronauts will participate in the Artemis II mission will be in early 2023. That announcement will include a Canadian.
Read More »SkyWatch’s TerraStream Adds Edge Computing for EO Satellite Operators
Waterloo-based SkyWatch TerraStream service is expanding into edge computing. They announced the new service, TerraStream Edge, at the recent Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference.
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