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Rogers Communications announced today that it was going to use ground sensors in combination with small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) for wildfire detection.
Read More »Rogers to Use SpaceX’s Swarm LEO Satellites for Wildfire Detection
Telesat Books 2026 Lightspeed Constellation Ride with SpaceX
A month after announcing that it had cleared the finance hurdle for its Lightspeed constellation and brought MDA onboard as its prime manufacturer, Telesat announced yesterday a launch contract with SpaceX.
Read More »Rogers Signs Satellite-to-Smartphone Deals with Lynk and SpaceX
Canadian telecommunications giant Rogers has announced that they are going to be working with two different satellite companies to offer direct satellite-to-smartphone coverage starting in 2024, according to a pair of press releases on April 26th. They’ll be partnering with both satellite telephony newcomer Lynk Global and SpaceX’s Starlink service to provide the coverage.
Read More »SpaceX Starship Thunders From Launch Pad But Fails to Make Orbit
SpaceX commentators were simply giddy that the massive Starship launch vehicle cleared the launch tower on its first fully integrated test launch. And at one point it appeared they might make it to orbit.
Read More »SpaceX Transporter-7 Launch a Success with Six Canadian Satellites Onboard
With the successful launch of the SpaceX Transporter-7 ridesharing mission early Saturday morning April 15, payloads from three Canadian companies made it to orbit.
Read More »Competition is Coming so Starlink Offers Canadians a Deal
As SpaceX continue to increase the number of Starlink satellites being launched, including its new generation of satellites, it’s also mindful that competition is coming, and fast.
Read More »GHGSat Emission Monitoring Satellite Constellation to be 90% Completed by Year’s End
If the launch schedule holds, by the end of this year GHGSat will have 11 of its initially planned 12 emission monitoring satellites launched.
Read More »First Commercial Mission to the Moon Launches With Canadian Payloads
Hours before the Artemis I mission Orion capsule splashed down on Sunday, Dec. 11, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the ispace HAKUTO-R mission to the Moon from the from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Read More »GHGSat seeks to double greenhouse gas emissions fleet on SpaceX launch
A trio of Canadian satellites nicknamed Luca, Penny and Diako from GHGSat will launch into orbit with upgraded capabilities no earlier than Wednesday (May 25). This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY
Read More »Elon Musk, SpaceX and becoming a multiplanetary species, and oh, the first crewed Starship mission sold
SpaceX head Elon Musk took to the stage in Boca Chica, Texas on Thursday, Feb. 10 night. Standing underneath a spotlighted Starship atop a Super Heavy stack erected beside a launch tower and the now-recognizable “chopsticks” pincer arms—which had built the stack earlier—he laid out the anticipated future of Starship. Focusing on high-tempo “rapid reuse” launches, he provided a lot of vision but comparatively few …
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