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The Canadian Space Agency has awarded three contracts, two to Magellan Aerospace and one to MDA, for the purpose of making sure the RADARSAT Constellation Mission remains in tip-top shape.

The annual Canadian Space Summit was an opportunity for stakeholders to get together to learn the latest from their colleagues and in the case of this years conference, the public unveiling of a new government conceived SatCom consortium.

While Maxar announced better than expected results on Monday, its Canadian MDA unit has seen its year over year revenue down by 25%.

The concept of a Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring System was first proposed in 2012. That concept is now nicknamed WildFireSat, and has moved into Phase A with contract awards of $1.35 million to Honeywell and MDA.

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded MDA two contracts related to the NASA led Lunar Gateway project which is part of the greater Artemis moon program.

Maxar continues down a path to rein in costs which may yet include the sale of its MDA business unit. Though to listen to yesterday’s conference call, you might wonder why.

How do you scale up your space business? This was the topic of a panel discussion from the recent Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute ASTRO 2019 conference in Laval, Quebec.

LAVAL, QUE. –  Canadian Space Agency (CSA) president Sylvain Laporte took the stage in Laval on Monday, June 17, 2019 at the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) ASTRO 2019 conference with a very different message than a  year ago.

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) expects a flood of interest for satellite data in the wake of the RADARSAT Constellation (RCM) launch, which flew into space successfully Wednesday (June 12) aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that has been to space before.

In a developing story, Reuters is reporting that Maxar Technologies, the parent company of MDA, is considering the sale of the MDA business unit to address its debt load.