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Astronaut Andrew Feustel Joins the Canadian Space Mining Corporation

2009 - This was the fifth and final mission to service and repair the telescope. Here, astronauts John Grunsfeld and Andrew Feustel perform the first of five spacewalks to work on Hubble. Image credit: NASA.

Recently retired American/Canadian NASA Astronaut Dr. Andrew J. Feustel has joined the Canadian Space Mining Corporation as their Executive Vice President of Strategy. It's a move that will certainly inspire some confidence in this ambitious small startup that has big designs related to the Moon and beyond. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology …

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NorthStar, SES Sign Deal to Monitor SES’ Satellites in Orbit

Illustration of a NorthStar satellite.

NorthStar Earth & Space (NorthStar), the a space-based situational awareness startup, has signed satellite operator SES as its first major commercial client. 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

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What Next? The New Space Revolution

What Next? New Space Revolution.

This the sixth and final installment of the this series on the New Space Revolution.  If you have not read the previous articles you may want to do that as they will provide useful context for this one.  Over the course of this series I have talked about how the advent of new space companies based on a new business model that was made possible …

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The New Gold Rush – New Space Revolution

Gold rush - The New Space revolution

This is the fifth article in a six part series on the state (and fate) of the New Space sector.  If you have not read the other articles in the series, you might want to do that since much of this article depends on the arguments made there. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, …

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New Space Revolution – Size Matters

New Space Revolution - Size Matters

This is the fourth in a series of articles about the current state of the space industry. If you have not read the preceding articles, you might find it useful to do that before reading this one as it builds on the arguments made in the earlier parts. This week, company size matters. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space …

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The Empire Strikes Back – The New Space Revolution

The Empire Strikes Back - The New Space Revolution

This is the third in a series of articles about the current state of the space industry. If you haven't read the first two articles in our New Space Revolution, you may want to do so, as this article builds on the arguments that were made there. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology …

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New Space – Smaller, Faster, Cheaper

Cislunar Market Opportunities Report

This is the second in a series of articles about the on-going disruption in the space sector. The first article introduced the idea that the initial wave of disruption has settled to some extent and the sector is now in a period of adaptation and fragmentation as all of the players, old and new, look for ways to survive and thrive in a market that has …

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Toronto Startup Magnestar Tackles Orbital Signal Interference and Wins Praise

Jacqueline Good participates in the Spacebound 2022 conference panel on Growing The Canadian Space Sector: A Look At Financing & Investment

Over time, more and more attention has been paid to the issue of satellite and spacecraft collisions in low Earth orbit (LEO). Magnestar, a new company in Toronto is looking to address an underappreciated potential problem for increasingly crowded satellite constellations: space-to-ground signal bandwidth. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support …

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