Canadian radar satellite contract positions MDA Space for RADARSAT replenishment role
MDA Space has secured a $44.7 million contract from Public Services and Procurement Canada, acting for the Canadian Space Agency, to procure and deliver critical long lead parts in support of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission replenishment satellite development.
The Government of Canada has also signalled its intention to award MDA Space the full contract in 2026 to build, test, and launc LEO internet satellites bolster navigation where GPS is weak
As intentional and unintentional interference with GPS grows worldwide, researchers have shown that radio signals from commercial low Earth orbit (LEO) internet constellations such as Starlink and OneWeb can provide an alternative source of navigation and positioning, especially in regions where GNSS performance is degraded. The new work indicates that passively received LEO signals can be turne MDA Space plans C250 million senior unsecured note issue maturing 2030
MDA Space Ltd. has arranged a private placement of C$250 million in 7.00 percent senior unsecured notes due 2030 under an underwriting agreement. The company expects the offering to close around December 23, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions. The notes will be issued at C$1,000 for each C$1,000 in principal.
The notes will rank equally in right of payment with all existing and MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee
In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through tight spaces larger robots can't reach, while simultaneously dodging stationary obstacles and pieces of falling rubble.
So far, aerial microrobots have only been able to fly slowly along smooth t SLI and AscendArc agree on 200 million GEO satellite leasing framework
Aerospace asset finance firm SLI has signed heads of agreement to acquire two of AscendArc's next-generation Ka-band geostationary satellites, in a transaction valued at more than $200 million. The framework sits within a wider partnership that allows AscendArc to make its GEO spacecraft available on leasing terms instead of requiring customers to fund an outright purchase.
Through SLI's f Smarter flights for ITA Airways through satellites
Passengers on Italian airline ITA Airways will be able to fly smarter and greener and with less delays thanks to the airline’s recent implementation of the Iris technology, developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and global communications company Viasat.
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Shine bright like a satellite Funding boost unlocks future space science programme
In its 50th anniversary year, European Space Agency (ESA) Member States have recommitted to space science. A historic budget increase for the Science Programme of 3.5% per year through to 2028, in addition to inflation, will enable some of the most ambitious missions ever, and bolster European leadership in space science.
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than a decade, collecting science data and serving as a key communications relay.
Overview Energy demonstrates technologies for space solar power
A space solar power startup has emerged from stealth after demonstrating a key technology for its plans to transmit power from space to the Earth.
