Obruta Space Solutions was less than a year old when it was notified by the Canadian Space Agency that it had been awarded a contribution through the Space Technology Development Program for a Novel Multi-Target Space Debris Removal Technology Feasibility Study. The company had also been accepted into the Creative Destruction Lab last summer just three months removed from its founding. As I learned by …
Read More »Reaction Dynamics receives $1.5 million from Canadian Space Agency for rocket engine development
Ushering in a new generation of entrepreneurs, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has provided companies like Reaction Dynamics, who are developing a new hybrid rocket engine, non-repayable contributions in its latest technologies funding round. The funding announcements in the past month by the CSA has amounted to $13.5 million from their Space Technology Development Program. Over the course of the next few weeks we'll look …
Read More »C6 Launch Systems emerges to talk about its business
In the Canadian space community C6 Launch Systems is a name some may have heard of. Outside of that community, few have heard of them. That was by design. After working quietly for the most part of the last three years, the company is ready to emerge from the shadows and talk about its business. It's a business rooted in Canada, but as I learned, …
Read More »SkyWatch expands agricultural customer base with AgIntegrated collaboration
SkyWatch bills itself as an agnostic data provider looking to provide data to whatever vertical needs Earth Observation (EO) data. Today the company announced a new collaboration with AgIntegrated that will expand their customer base in the agricultural sector.
Read More »An update on Canadian rocket startup Reaction Dynamics
Reaction Dynamics is a Montreal based startup with the lofty goal of developing Canada’s first orbital rocket.
Read More »The Canadian spaceport launch vehicle power rankings
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Read More »Canadian space startups fight to survive during COVID-19 pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic took hold and the government reacted to help businesses across the spectrum in Canada, startups and pre-startups are struggling to find adequate support.
Read More »Terranaut Ewan Reid: From Shuttle and Space Station Support to Creating Mission Control Space Services
What started as an internship, and could have been a very short career, instead led Ewan Reid to creating his own startup, Mission Control Space Services.
Read More »If Data is the New Oil, is SkyWatch a Potential Unicorn?
SkyWatch has a goal, to democratize satellite data, in particular Earth observation data. With 225 satellites delivering data to SkyWatch and new funding from their Series A, SkyWatch is well on their way.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services to Sign MOU with St. Francis Xavier University
This afternoon Maritime Launch Services (MLS) and St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) will sign a Memo Of Understanding (MOU) that is the start of a new partnership and what both parties hope will be a long collaboration.
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