https://spacewatch.global/tag/canada/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:46:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/canada/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/canada-moves-for-sovereign-space-launch-capabilities-with-new-canadian-space-launch-act/ Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73259 Canada has introduced a Space Launch Act to establish sovereign launch capabilities from Canadian soil.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/03/spacewatchgl-analysis-the-maple-leaf-in-orbit-canadas-c6-6b-arctic-power-play/ Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72103
Written by Torsten Kriening
The world has shifted. For decades, the high-latitude silence of the Canadian Arctic was a geography of isolation. Today, it is a geography of competition - and, frankly, a potential flashpoint.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/08/nordspace-successfully-tests-new-engine-test-cell-and-hadfield-rocket-engine/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=67211 NordSpace successfully tested its new Darkhorse engine test cell and 3D printed Hadfield liquid rocket engine. The test ran for 7 seconds at NordSpace’s propulsion test range, a company-owned secure site in Northeastern Ontario, successfully delivering nominal thrust, active cooling, and impulse results. Long duration tests will take place in the coming days. The tests will also include refinements to fuel mixture ratios and higher-pressure scenarios to test the limits of the new test cell and engines.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/maritime-launch-services-to-benefit-from-us-canada-tsa-treaty/ Mon, 05 Aug 2024 06:00:31 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56455 The Government of Canada has concluded negotiations on a Technology Safeguard Agreement (TSA) with the United States. This landmark government-to-government treaty represents a significant milestone for the Canadian space industry, particularly launch, and paves the way for enhanced collaboration, innovation, and security in space technology between the two nations. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/telesat-leo-inc-receive-loan-investment-from-canada/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54428 Telesat has announced that it received a letter from Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry regarding an investment in Telesat Lightspeed. The letter states that following several months of negotiations between Telesat and federal officials, the Government of Canada (GoC) is prepared to invest C$2.14 billion in Telesat Lightspeed by way of a loan to Telesat LEO Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Telesat, that is developing and will own and operate the highly advanced Telesat Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) global broadband satellite constellation.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-canadian-space-innovation-a-sneak-peek-at-2023/ Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46423 Ploughshares Senior Researcher Dr. Jessica West spoke with Brian Gallant, the founding and current CEO of Space Canada, an association established in March 2022 to represent Canada’s outer space innovators and allied industries. Nine companies originally came together to found Space Canada (https://space-canada.ca), with the aim of “strengthen[ing] the Canadian space ecosystem.” ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/canada-announces-plans-for-commercial-space-launch/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46161 The Canadian Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, and the President of the Canadian Space Agency, Lisa Campbell, have announced the Government of Canada’s intention to support commercial space launch activities in Canada. As a result, the Canadian Government also announced measures it would take in the interim and in the future to facilitate the goal. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/01/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-canada-with-dr-jessica-west-on-27-january-2023/ Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46143 This Space Café Canada will feature Brian Gallant, CEO of Space Canada , an industry association representing Canada’s space innovators, allied industries, and ecosystem to convey the value of space technology, research, and investment to domestic and international audiences, in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/japan-and-germany-declare-asat-missile-test-ban/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43359 Japan and Germany declared the countries will not conduct direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) missile testing, agreeing to the US-driven initiative launched earlier this year. The announcement was made during the second session of the UN Open-Ended Working Group on reducing space threats.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/08/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-on-30-september-2022/ Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:00:54 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=42856&preview=true&preview_id=42856 This episode of Space Café Canada will feature Dr. Ram Jakhu and David Kuan-Wei Chen of McGill’s Centre for Air and Space Law, which spearheaded the newly released McGill Manual, the world’s first to clarify international law applicable to military uses of outer space, in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-on-3-december-2021/ Thu, 25 Nov 2021 15:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37446&preview=true&preview_id=37446 This Space Café Canada will feature astronomer Aaron Boley and legal expert Michael Byers, Co-Directors of the Outer Space Institute at the University of British Columbia, in conversation with Dr. Jessica West, Senior Researcher at Project Ploughshares and a friend of SpaceWatch.Global. Collision course: anti-satellite weapon testing and the crisis of space debris]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/space-cafe-canada-by-dr-jessica-west-recap-blinded-by-the-light/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:00:30 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36144 During the third Space Café Canada event, host Jessica West of Project Ploughshares sat down with Dr. Samantha Lawler, an orbital modeler and observational astronomer at the University of Regina to talk about the risks posed by light pollution and other environmental impacts of mega-constellations in outer space.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/sps-and-marketdev-enter-business-development-partnership/ Mon, 27 Sep 2021 06:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=36069 Space Structures (SPS) and MarketDev announced a business development partnership to extend SPS’s presence in North America and other international markets, SPS said. Berlin-based developer and manufacturer, SPS is planning to capitalize on the rapid growth of the space industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/spacewatchgl-opinion-in-a-historic-first-eight-nations-formally-recognize-the-need-to-preserve-heritage-in-space/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27422&preview=true&preview_id=27422 On October 13, 2020, the civilian space agencies of eight nations – Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States – announced that they had agreed to 12 Principles for Cooperation in the Civil Exploration and Use of the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids, known colloquially as the Artemis Accords.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/08/spacewatchgl-feature-new-survey-on-space-norms-highlights-gap-between-principles-practices/ Mon, 03 Aug 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=24701&preview=true&preview_id=24701 Specialists in space security constantly call for more robust norms of behaviour in outer space. As the number of users and uses of space grows, the calls get louder and more urgent. Meanwhile, many states claim to want the same thing. Canada’s national defence policy, “Strong, Secure, Engaged,” for example, aims to “provide leadership in shaping international norms f]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/canada-looks-to-canadian-company-mda-to-build-gateway-canadarm3-for-artemis-deep-space-missions/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23845&preview=true&preview_id=23845 Canada is taking another important step forward in its participation in the next chapter of Moon exploration. Today, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced Canada intends to enter into a contract with Brampton-based company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc. (MDA) to build Canadarm3.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/telefonica-puts-telesats-phase-1-leo-satellite-to-the-test/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:47 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23289 Telesat, a leading global satellite operator, and Telefónica International Wholesale Services (TIWS), the international wholesale services provider of the Telefónica Group, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, have completed live in-orbit testing across a wide range of applications on Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Phase 1 satellite.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/lunapolitics-us-russia-japan-canada-and-european-space-agency-to-hold-lunar-talks-on-9-june/ Mon, 08 Jun 2020 05:00:12 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23301 The heads of the space agencies from the United States, Russia, Japan, Canada, and the European Space Agency (ESA) are scheduled to meet on 9 June 2020 via video conference in order to discuss cooperation on lunar exploration and the International Space Station (ISS).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/mda-appoints-astronaut-tim-kopra-as-vice-president-robotics-and-space-operations/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23163 MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) announced on 2 June 2020 that retired astronaut Tim Kopra will join its leadership team as Vice President of Robotics and Space Operations, effective immediately. As the leader for this business area, he will be responsible for the work of the robotics and space operations teams at MDA sites in Brampton, Ottawa, Saint-Hubert and Houston.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/spacewatchgl-feature-a-new-survey-seeks-the-input-of-global-experts-on-space-norms/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 13:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23115 When we consider the norms that govern human use of outer space from the perspective of space security, we face some serious questions.]]>