The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded just over $15 million in funding to 25 companies for its Space Technology Development Program (STDP).
Read More »MDA Wins Department of National Defence Contract for SAR/GPS Repeaters
Maxar Technologies announced last Friday that MDA, its Canadian division, had won a contract from the Government to provide 10 flight-ready Search and Rescue/Global Positioning System (SAR/GPS) repeaters.
Read More »Airbus and Thales Alenia Space-Maxar Consortium Complete Milestones in Bid for Telesat Contract
Telesat has reached another milestone in its efforts to get its proposed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation off the ground.
Read More »RADARSAT Constellation Mission Launch Date Set
At long last Canada’s trio of new Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites, otherwise known as the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) has a launch date.
Read More »Canadian Lunar Gateway Proposals Go Ahead Despite Uncertainty in the US
Following up on its earlier request for information issued in late January, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) last Friday issued the expected follow-up request for proposals (RFP) for the Deep Space Exploration Robotics (DSXR) initiative.
Read More »Canadian Instrument Creates First 3D Map of Asteroid Bennu
Before the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in orbit around asteroid Bennu can take a sample from the surface it needs to be mapped. That’s where Canada’s OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter (OLA) comes in.
Read More »Canada is Going to the Moon
Today Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed what many had hoped for by committing Canada to participate in the NASA led effort to return to the moon. Canada will contribute a smart robotic system to the NASA's Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) program. The smart robotic system includes a next-generation robotic arm, which is already being called the Canadarm3, other unnamed equipment, and specialized tools to be …
Read More »As MDA Turns 50 we Talk with Group President Mike Greenley
MDA has been in business for 50 years now, which is no small achievement, and it’s not easy to keep a company growing for a long period of time.
Read More »Facing Tough Capital Expenditure Choices Maxar Opts-Out of DARPA Robotic Servicing Program
Maxar announced today that it had made the decision to terminate its contract with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program.
Read More »The CSA is Looking for Deep Space Exploration Robotics Interface Concepts
The Canadian Space Agency issued a request for information (RFI) today for its Deep Space Exploration Robotics (DSXR) initiative.
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