The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released details for the Flights and Fieldwork for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FAST 2023) opportunity.
Read More »CSA President: RADARSAT+ Supplemental Satellite Will be “Compatible” with RCM
The supplemental RADARSAT+ satellite announced by Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne at Spacebound 2023 will be compatible with the existing RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM). But it will be more advanced than the current three RCM satellites now in service. That’s the news from Canadian Space Agency President Lisa Campbell. She spoke with SpaceQ after her 2023 keynote address to Space Canada’s conference …
Read More »Minister Champagne Announces $1 Billion for RADARSAT+ at Spacebound 2023
Space Canada’s Spacebound 2023 industry conference began with a bang on October 18, 2023, when François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency, announced $1.012 billion in funding over the next 15 years for the ‘RADARSAT+ portfolio.’
Read More »Canadian Space Agency Releases New Satellite Earth Observation Opportunity
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has released an announcement of research opportunities in satellite Earth observation (EO). The opportunity is open to Canadian universities and post-secondary institutions and has an estimated $5 million available.
Read More »Partial Solar Eclipse Visible in Parts of Canada Saturday
Saturday, October 14 will see a partial solar eclipse visible in many parts of Canada to some degree, weather dependent.
Read More »Earth Observation for Wildlife
An upcoming webinar hosted by the Canadian Space Agency will focus on the “scientific developments in the field of Earth observation (EO) for wildlife.”
Read More »OSIRIS-REx Sample Cracked Open, Does Not Disappoint
A haul of precious asteroid material, including some bound for Canada, was unveiled at NASA’s Johnson Space Center via livestream today (Oct. 11).
Read More »The Webb Telescope Continues to Dazzle Researchers
Halloween is only weeks and NASA is having some fun with its latest release from the James Webb Space Telescope adding the caption Grim grinning ghosts 👻.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Pulls its Participation from the International Astronautical Congress in Azerbaijan
There is an undercurrent at this years International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Baku, Azerbaijan that isn’t being reported in the media. Approximately 400 km west of the capital Baku over 120,000 people are fleeing the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the long disputed and overwhelmingly Christian enclave within Azerbaijan’s boundaries.
Read More »Data from Canada’s First Satellite Alouette-1 Restored and Released
On September 29, 1962 Canada became the third nation in space with the historic launch of the Alouette-1 satellite. 61 years later the Canada Space Agency has completed a massive restoration of data from the mission and made that data publicly available.
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