Fugro’s SpaceStar™ GNSS Precise Point Positioning (PPP) service is providing essential high-accuracy positioning in space for the first time. Loft Orbital, which flies and operates customer payloads on its YAM series of small satellites, launched their YAM-2 satellite, the first in space to be equipped with Fugro’s SpaceStar next-generation positioning technology, on 30 June into a 525 km sun-synchronous orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
52 Junior Astronaut Camp winners to train with astronauts and experts
May 25, 2021 – Longueuil, Quebec – From July 26 to 30, 2021, 52 young Canadians from across the country will virtually join astronauts, engineers and scientists from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for an exciting week of space training.
Space Software Firm to Support Climate Change Battle
Canadian space app developer Deploy Solutions will be returning to the GeoIgnite conference this month to unveil a new climate-focused prototype, as part of an Earth Day showcase at the Canadian national Geospatial event.
AIxSPACE: a first step towards the transformation of the space industry by artificial intelligence, January 18 and 19, 2021
Montreal, January 6, 2021 – The space industry is increasingly turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to push and redefine the boundaries of what is possible in space exploration. AIxSPACE, an event dedicated to AI applications in the space industry, has therefore been launched by Euroconsult and Innovitech, experts in space and innovation respectively, to address these […]
SPACE ECONOMY VALUED AT $385 BILLION IN 2020
Despite the Covid-19 global pandemic impacting certain segments of the commercial space market, government spending remains unaffected
Space Talent Launches New Career Platform for Commercial Space Industry
NEW YORK—Space Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on the Space economy, today announced the official launch of Space Talent (www.spacetalent.org), the leading online portal for careers in the space industry and its broader ecosystem. “Space Talent addresses a critical need in the industry right now and is a top priority for our organization,” […]
First GPS III Satellite Successfully Completes On-Orbit Testing
Second Lockheed Martin-Built Next Generation GPS III Satellite Responding to Commands, Under Self-Propulsion
U.S. Postal Service Issues 1969: First Moon Landing Forever Stamps
One Giant Leap for Mankind
European Space Agency Invites Developers to Create Mobile Apps with Big Data from Space
The European Space Agency (ESA) invites 24 committed developers to attend its free Space App Camp, scheduled for 16-23 September 2019 at ESRIN, ESA’s Centre for Earth observation in Frascati, Italy.
Launch of the first satellite in the “SpaceDataHighway” programme
EDRS-A, the first relay satellite in the SpaceDataHighway programme (also called EDRS), will be launched to geostationary orbit on 28 January 2016. The SpaceDataHighway will provide high speed laser communications in space of up to 1.8 Gigabit per second. This major programme, which cost nearly €500M to develop, is the result of a public-private partnership (PPP) between the European Space Agency (ESA) […]
