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There are 13 Canadian commercial satellite constellations in development with 384 planned satellites and five satellites already on-orbit.
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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 »MDA Makes a Forceful Point at Pre-Budget 2019 Finance Committee Meeting
Mike Greenley and the new MDA are no longer content to quietly roam the halls of power in Ottawa to make their point. This new MDA is in your face, public, and fighting for its business and for a supply chain of smaller companies. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support …
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.
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