MDA Announces Doubled Presence in UK
Canadian space company MDA has announced that it will be significantly expanding their operation in the United Kingdom (UK). This page is for subscribers only....
Month : November 2023
Want to Help? Get the Facts, Not an Argument
In this column I am going to take a slightly different viewpoint than my last two. In the last two columns I provide what I...
Maritime Launch Services Issues Private Placement Offering
If Maritime Launch Services is going to keep to its revised development plan it will need to secure funding for the first phase of that...
The Last Canadian on the ISS and the First on the Moon
On Wednesday, November 22, 2023 the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry announced mission assignments for astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Jenni Gibbons....
Ottawa’s Square Peg Communications to Help ESA With 5G Over Satellite
The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen Ottawa-based Square Peg Communications to assist them with developing satellite-based 5G communications. The project aims to “implement an...
Canadian Astronauts Get First Space Missions
Canadian Space Agency astronauts Joshua Kutryk and Jenni Gibbons have their first ever missions in space assigned. Kutryk will head to the International Space Station...
CSA Offers Student Grants for Space Conferences and Training Events
The Canadian Space Agency is offering students access to a pool of $550,000 in grant money over three years to participate in space conferences and...
MDA Gets $180 Million NGSO Satellite Contract
MDA had added another satellite constellation order to its current backlog, this time for an undisclosed customer. MDA did not provide a lot of detail...
Canada Wants to be Leader in Using Local Materials on the Moon
Next Generation Manufacturing Canada (NGen) has launched the Moonshot 4 Mining, Minerals and Manufacturing (M4M3) initiative. It is a $5.5 million program designed to use...
New Startup Sift Wants to Manage Immense Telemetry Data
New telemetry management company Sift, fresh from a USD $7.5 million fundraising round and an exit from stealth, is looking to leverage their founders’ SpaceX...
