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You can add the Earth Observation (EO) community to the list of space communities that need a new long term plan.
Read More »Canada Needs a New Earth Observation Plan
Maxar Shareholders Overwhelmingly Vote in Favour U.S. Domestication Plan
Seeing growth potential in the U.S., and overlooking problems with part of Maxar’s business landscape, shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favour of the U.S. domestication plan.
Read More »15 Years Without a Long Term Space Plan – The Failure of Successive Canadian Governments
In our special series, What’s in Canada’s Long Term Space Plans, we presented a chronological history of the key documents that supported or were considered Long Term Space Plans. In this the final story in the series we look at the failure in leadership that’s existed for 15 years.
Read More »13 Canadian Commercial Satellite Constellations in Development
There are 13 Canadian commercial satellite constellations in development with 384 planned satellites and five satellites already on-orbit.
Read More »The Evolution of MDA Into Maxar Hits a Market Snag
MDA’s plan to reimagine itself as a U.S. based company has hit a big pothole along its path. This is primarily due to the significant downturn in sales of larger satellites, communication satellites destined for geosynchronous orbit (GEO), which is hitting its SSL unit hard.
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.
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