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NASA has scheduled spacewalks on January 23rd and 29th to replace another degraded Canadarm2 hand on the International Space Station (ISS).
Read More »Spacewalk Needed to Replace Another Degraded Canadarm2 Hand on the International Space Station
MDA Issues Unprecedented RFI to Support a Canadian Next Generation Robotic Manipulator System
In anticipation of a contribution to a future international mission beyond low Earth orbit, MDA has issued an unprecedented Request for Information (RFI). As far as I can recall, this is the first time MDA has issued an RFI of this nature.
Read More »MDA Hires Mike Greenley as its New Group President of Canada
Maxar Technologies announced today that Mike Greenley would become the new Group President of MDA in Canada as of January 15 and will report directly to Maxar president and CEO Howard Lance.
Read More »The Top Five Canadian Space Stories of 2017
SpaceQ present the top Canadian space stories of the year. From the creation of Maxar, a potential new spaceport and more, read what mattered in 2017.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission to Fly on Refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
Maxar Technologies President and CEO Howard Lance was on CNBC this afternoon talking about the new company formed from the acquisition of DigitalGlobe by MDA. During the interview he said they would be using a refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle for the Canadian government RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
Read More »Minister Bains Highlights Robotic and Lunar Technology Contributions to Canada’s Space Program
The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, made a stop today at MDA’s Brampton robotic facility to highlight some of the governments contributions to the space program over the last few months.
Read More »Canada’s Early Deep Space Gateway Plans
In January 2018 the International Space Exploration Coordination Group will release third edition of the Global Exploration roadmap.
Read More »Unique Canadarm2 Robotic “Hand” Replaced
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) successfully completed the third in a series of spacewalks on October 20th that was needed to replace a robotic “hand” on the Canadarm2.
Read More »MDA’s Acquisition of DigitalGlobe Can be a Bridge Between American and Canadian Defence
The stars have once again aligned for Canada’s leading space firm. Earlier this month, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., now known simply as MDA, a Canadian global communications and information enterprise providing technology solutions to commercial and government organizations worldwide, completed its $2.4 billion purchase of DigitalGlobe, an American-based global provider of high resolution Earth imagery and geospatial information.
Read More »As MDA Becomes Maxar Technologies Context is King
On October 2nd MDA’s acquisition of DigitialGlobe closed. The new company formed from this acquisition will be called Maxar Technologies and will have 6,500 employees with $3B in 2016 revenues. Contrast that to January 2008 when MDA thought it had sold its space business to then Alliant Techsystems (ATK), now Orbital ATK, and we’re planning on leaving the space market. Then, as in now, context …
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