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At approximately 8:05 a.m. EDT April 8 David Saint-Jacques will enter the International Space Station Quest airlock and shortly thereafter begin his first spacewalk, something he’s wanted to do since he first dreamed of going into space.

It was just two months ago that Telesat announced that it had selected unproven, but well funded, Blue Origin as a launch partner for its low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Today, they’ve also selected startup Relativity Space to be a launch partner.

Dedicated space accelerator programs are beginning to pop-up across the globe. The latest one launching a new cohort this year is the Los Angeles based Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator.

David Saint-Jacques will put years of training for a spacewalk to work on Monday April 8 as he and fellow Expedition 59 astronaut Anne McClain will exit the space stations Quest airlock around 8:05 a.m EDT to begin an approximate 7 hour spacewalk.

Yesterday UrtheCast announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2018 financial results which saw revenue of $15.6 million in 2018 compared to $40.4 million in 2017.

Honeywell is a global company with over 130,000 employees of which about 3600 are based in Canada. In 2015 the company announced it was acquiring Cambridge, Ontario based COM DEV. It was seen as a smart move at the time.

Investment in space startups by angels and the venture community is growing at a rapid rate according to Space Angels, and that bodes well for the future of the commercial space sector.

Maritime Launch Services submitted its environmental Focus Report to Nova Scotia Environment on March 11 and yesterday it was posted online.

While SpaceX, Blue Origin and other rocket providers target reusability, there’s a part of rockets that hasn’t changed very much in recent decades – the fuel.

Telesat announced OmniAccess, a specialized maritime connectivity solutions provider, as its first “major” customer for the company’s LEO constellation.