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China has set a very ambitious launch schedule for 2018 announcing in early January it would try to conduct over 40 government and commercial launches.
Read More »What’s In Store for China’s Space Program in 2018
Key Messages from the Governments Perspective of the Canadian Space Program
This week on the SpaceQ podcast we did something a little different. Instead of interviewing a guest we decided to playback a speech we recorded from the recent Canadian Space Summit by Canadian Space Agency president Sylvain Laporte.
Read More »Podcast Episode 26: Michelle Mendes on Small Satellites and the Canadian SmallSat Symposium
My guest this week on the SpaceQ podcast is Michelle Mendes, the Executive Director and President of the Canadian Space Commerce Association.
Read More »Over Seven Years the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge has Engaged Hundreds of Students
If I told you that over the course of the last seven years upwards of a thousand Canadian students had participated in developing CubeSat missions you might think this was a the result of a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) initiative. You would be wrong though. There was a time the CSA was interested in this, early this decade and before, but poor leadership in government, and to …
Read More »Japan Sets its Sights on Lunar Resources
Today’s podcast was recorded at the Canadian Space Society’s annual Space Summit in Ottawa on November 21st . I spoke with Dr. Kazuya Yoshida of Tohoku University in Japan.
Read More »Interviewed: Dr. Michael Daly on Canada’s Participation in the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission
In this weeks SpaceQ podcast I spoke with Dr. Michael Daly, Associate Professor at York University about the international, though NASA led, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission, or as it’s commonly called, OSIRIS-REx.
Read More »Satellite Canada Innovation Network Moves Forward Despite not Making Government Supercluster Cut
Last month when the government announced the finalists for their Innovation Superclusters Initiative, the Satellite Canada Innovation Network wasn’t among those selected. No matter, Satellite Canada is moving forward anyway.
Read More »Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory is a Pioneer in the Evolution of Small Satellites
Dr. Robert Zee is the only director the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute of Aerospace has known since its inception in 1998. Over the years SFL has been an innovator in the field of small satellites and without question can be regarded as one of its pioneers.
Read More »Episode 19: Jeff Manber, CEO of NanoRacks, New Space Entrepreneur Unfiltered
Today on SpaceQ my guest is Jeff Manber, CEO of NanoRacks. Jeff has a degree in neuroscience and started his career in media, so how did he become the successful space entrepreneur that he is today? That story and others are part of this candid interview.
Read More »Dan Goldberg of Telesat on their LEO Satellite Constellation and Canada’s Space Future
This week on the SpaceQ podcast I spoke with Dan Goldberg, CEO of Telesat. Telesat is a leading global satellite operator based in Ottawa. Dan’s been the Chief Executive at Telesat since 2006. Before working at Telesat he had been CEO at SES New Skies. And for those with long memories, Dan was also Associate General Counsel and Vice President of Government and Regulatory Affairs …
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