Although it started with an objection, the 61st meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) reaffirmed the role of the Committee as a unique venue where member States and Observers may inform, learn, express appreciation, voice concern and simply come together to discuss particular issues and raise aspirational bars regarding the exploration and use of space.
Read More »UNISPACE+50: Inspiration and a Call to Action
The international space community gathered from 18-21 June in Vienna, Austria to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first global Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE).
Read More »Space Mining is in the Mix as Natural Resources Canada Makes Long Term Plans
Canada’s mining sector is in need of a long term plan to maintain Canada’s leading position in the industry as well as prepare for the future. That’s what provincial and federal ministers agreed to last summer. That plan is called the Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (CMMP) and consultations are ongoing.
Read More »New Canadian Space Strategy Will be Released in the Coming Months
While there is no definitive date as to when a new Canadian space strategy will be released, Minister Bains made the comment last Friday, which was reported by the Canadian Press, that the new strategy would be released “in the coming months”.
Read More »The RADARSAT Constellation Mission Data Policy is a Work in Progress
The RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) data policy is a work in progress and is not yet set. That’s one of the messages that Jill Smyth of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) discussed at the CASI ASTRO 18 conference.
Read More »Using the Canada – U.S. Military Space Alliance as a Case Study for Other Alliances
Recently the Aerospace Corporation Center for Space Policy and Strategy released a paper that discusses the long-standing Canada – U.S. military space relationship and how it is an ideal case study for other alliances.
Read More »Canada Needs a National Space Act and Global Space Law Progress
Space Policy in Canada is “going through some real deep reflection” and needs a national space act, this according to David Kendall, Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
Read More »Space: A Healthy Space Program Equals A Healthy Economy
As the Canadian government considers what do to about the future of Canada’s space program we thought it might be worth looking back a few years to the same question that was posed in the U.S. This interview by Eva-Jane Lark with Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses how space and the economy are interrelated. The interview first appeared in Space Quarterly Magazine in September 2012.
Read More »Planet and KSAT Threaten to Pull Ground Station Assets out of Canada (Updated)
Planet took the opportunity while presenting at the Canadian SmallSat Symposium to deliver a very public ultimatum to Global Affairs Canada. Either there is measurable progress on licensing of their ground stations in Inuvik by June 1, or they will dismantle them and leave Canada. And they weren’t the only company to threaten this action.
Read More »Key Messages from the Governments Perspective of the Canadian Space Program
This week on the SpaceQ podcast we did something a little different. Instead of interviewing a guest we decided to playback a speech we recorded from the recent Canadian Space Summit by Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte.
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