Policy

NorthStar Earth & Space is joining a growing list of organizations endorsing the Paris Peace Forum Net Zero Space Declaration.

Changes to the space regulatory environment in Canada, including the Remote Sensing Space Systems Act (RSSSA), has and will continue to take time. To provide some insight into the process, we present the following update from Michelle Mendes from the Satellite Canada Innovation Network (SatCan) who was a member of the RSSSA Ad-Hoc Advisory Committee.

Recently the Pearson Centre held a webinar about a post-covid innovation plan. The event was moderated by Brian Gallant, CEO of Space Canada, with guests the Honourable Navdeep Bains and former ISED Deputy Minister John Knubley.

The Combined Space Operations (CSpO) initiative created in 2014 and which now includes seven nations this week released a guiding document called Combined Space Operations Vision 2031.

At this years European Space Summit leaders outlined a strong agenda aimed at tackling challenges on Earth and in and low Earth orbit (LEO).

In this episode of the Space Economy podcast we are featuring a recent Future in Space Operations presentation by Barbara Braun and Sam Sims from the Aerospace Corporation.

The following post is a talk given by David Kendall of the Outer Space Institute on January 23, 2022 to the SEDS-Canada Ascension conference.

While space issues are not new to the World Economic Forum, the Global Risks Report 2022 edition devotes one of seven chapters specifically to the issue of “Crowding and Competition in Space.”

The ESA (European Space Agency) Council held its 303rd meeting on December 15, 2021 which was followed by a press conference.

In late October at the 2021 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Dubai, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the cooperation in the exploration and use of space for peaceful purposes. The CSA has just provided SpaceQ with a copy of the MOU.