Telesat, the Canadian satellite operator, has announced the completion of government funding for its Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband satellite constellation. The investment agreements are with the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec. The company said it now has all financing sources in place to fund the Lightspeed network. This includes the satellites, launch vehicles to deploy ...
SBQuantum is celebrating a pair of new contracts with government space agencies: the European Space Agency (ESA) and the the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The Canadian company – based in Sherbrook, southern Quebec – is developing quantum diamond magnetometers capable of providing readings from space. ESA For the ESA, the company has been contracted to evaluate the viability of using ...
Canada has joined the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) as a Member and becomes the tenth country to join the intergovernmental organisation. It also announced a $269m investment over eight years in the radio astronomy project. The National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre will oversee the investment and will be working with Canadian industrial ...
Canada is to contribute to the Atmosphere Observing System (AOS) mission led by NASA, a multi-satellite initiative to help improve extreme weather prediction, climate modelling, and the monitoring of disasters. Canada’s contribution – involving two instruments and a satellite – is estimated at more than $200 million, with launches slated to be in 2028 and 2031. The multi-satellite mission aims ...
Four organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on a moon mining rover with a multipurpose robotics arm using virtual reality. It will be for “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU) activities on the Moon. The four are: ispace (including ispace Europe SA), Stardust Technologies, the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and EXPLOR Space Technologies. The proposed collaboration will ...
Canada has formalised its involvement in the Lunar Gateway programme by committing to build the space robotics system that is dubbed Canadarm3. Navdeep Bains – Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry – announced Canada intends to enter into a contract with Brampton-based company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to build the system. It will comprise a smart robotic arm, ...
Ultra Electronics Communication & Integrated Systems (CIS), the UK-based defence systems supplier, has been awarded a contract to support the provision of military satellite terminals to the Canadian arm of General Dynamics Mission Systems. General Dynamics will provide the Canadian armed forces with the Strategic Deployable Terminals (SDTs) as part of its In-Service Support (ISS) in the final stage of ...
LPRS’ eRIC9-FCC wireless transceiver modules are available for use in ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) bands of 868MHz for the UK and Europe, and 915MHz for the USA and Canada. They have FCC certification for use in the USA and IC approval for use in Canada, as well as all European approvals “reducing the complexities OEM’s can face when submitting ...
Increases in overall light output and improvements in efficiency mean that LED lighting is now more than a match for halogen in terms of light output, and almost twice as efficient
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