At the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Launch Canada and Stardust Technologies announced a new partnership and set the dates for the long awaited first ever major rocket competition in Canada, the Rocket Innovation Challenge.
Read More »GHGSat gets $454K for clean technology demo
Natural Resources Canada has awarded GHGSat $453,993 to demonstrate their hybrid satellite-aircraft system in support of advancing emerging clean technologies.
Read More »Canadensys imaging instruments heading to the lunar surface this year
Canadensys Aerospace announced today that it delivered the ILO-X payload, consisting of a dual-imaging instrument to Intuitive Machines and destined for the Moon’s surface later this year.
Read More »ExoMars rover mission with Canadian contribution suspended
With sanctions in place on Russia owing to its invasion of the Ukraine, the European Space Agency (ESA) today issued a statement that said in part that the ExoMars rover mission had been suspended.
Read More »3D imaging may be first step to real-life Metaverse
Maxar Technologies’ Dan Nord, SVP & GM of Enterprise Earth Intelligence, delivered a keynote at the GeoIgnite Conference on March 1st that started by sounding familiar notes about Maxar's past and present. But it transitioned to a surprising future: one where Maxar's imagery becomes the key basis for the so-called "Metaverse." This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, …
Read More »A status update on space nuclear propulsion
In this episode of the Space Economy podcast, the third and last episode of our annual Winter Series, we’re featuring a recent Future in Space Operations presentation by Tim Kokan, Principal Engineer at Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Read More »Canadensys completes grueling tests of all-metal lunar wheels
Designing, manufacturing and testing a set of lunar wheels for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) was well within the longstanding areas of expertise of Canadensys Aerospace's highly-skilled Stratford-based robotics team. But as Peter Visscher, General Manager of the Stratford Facility revealed in an interview with SpaceQ, there were still a lot of genuine surprises along the way to the successful conclusion of the project. This …
Read More »Canadian built sensor successfully performs first James Webb Space Telescope alignment
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is reporting the successful use of the Canadian built Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) on the James Webb Space Telescope used to align the telescope’s mirrors.
Read More »Canadian Space Agency issues technology demonstration AO with $8M in funding
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has issued a new technology demonstration announcement of opportunity (AO) with an estimated $8M in funding available.
Read More »Wyvern receives $4M for agriculture emissions study
Wyvern Space will be receiving a $4 million investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) as part of a three-year project studying how to reduce domestic agriculture emissions. 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
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