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Read More »10 Minutes About the OSIRIS-REx Mission – World Space Week Talk
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is celebrating World Space Week by holding a series of lectures including this one on the OSIRIS-REx mission to asteroid Bennu.
Read More »World Space Week Talk – RADARSAT Constellation Mission: Observing Earth from Space
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) is celebrating World Space Week by holding a series of lectures including this one on the RADARSAT Constellation Mission.
Read More »Has the RADARSAT Constellation Mission launch date been pushed into 2019?
We’ve known for some time that the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) is tentatively set to launch in November. Is it now possible that the launch could slip to December, perhaps even into early 2019?
Read More »The Prime Minister Visits Facility Housing Canada’s Billion Dollar Satellite Constellation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the third Canadian leader since the flagship billion dollar RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) was approved in 2004. This past week on a visit to Montreal, he stopped by MDA’s facility to see the satellites and take a tour of where some of Canada’s innovation in space products takes place.
Read More »Maxar Under Attack by Short Seller Specialist Spruce Point Capital
There are many ways to make money through the stock market. One avenue is to short sell a stock. Spruce Point Capital is a specialist in short selling, and its latest victim is Maxar Technologies.
Read More »The Canadian Space Agency is Looking for a Potential Satellite Operations Centre Partner
The Canadian Space Agency is looking to industry for new business models in support of their satellite operations as the volume of missions it has to manage grows and become more complex.
Read More »Is the University of Manitoba the Next Small Satellite Innovation Hub?
Last year the University of Manitoba made the decision to bring in industry veteran Philip Ferguson to help the university expand its research efforts with respect to small satellites.
Read More »The Message: The Canadian Space Agency is Moving On
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) president Sylvain Laporte surprised the audience at the CASI ASTRO 18 conference with his talk. Expecting an update on CSA activities, the audience listened attentively when Laporte addressed “the elephant in the room.”
Read More »The Government Invests $26.7M in 33 Organizations for the Space Technology Development Program
Everyone was smiling at MDA’s Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue facility, not only because the government had just announced an investment of $26.7 million through the Space Technology Development Program (STDP), but also because the participants we’re about to see the three RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) satellites before they get shipped for launch this fall. All told, there were 49 projects funded through the STDP from two announcements of opportunities.
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