https://spacewatch.global/tag/canadian-space-agency-csa/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:27:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/canadian-space-agency-csa/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/11/alexander-macdonald-takes-helm-of-canadian-space-agency-following-nasa-career/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=79904 Alexander MacDonald, former chief economist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has been appointed president of the Canadian Space Agency, succeeding Lisa Campbell, who has led the agency since September 2020. Canada's Minister of Industry, Mélanie Joly, announced the appointment on 4 November 2026, following an open, competency-based selection process.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/10/obruta-targets-two-isam-bottlenecks-with-c1-5-million-in-canadian-space-agency-funding/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=79202 Canadian space technology company Obruta Space Solutions has received C$1.5 million in contributions from the Canadian Space Agency to advance two technologies addressing key challenges in in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing: autonomous spacecraft operations and vision systems designed to function in the challenging lighting conditions of orbit.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/canadas-joshua-kutryk-assigned-to-nasas-crew-13-mission-to-the-international-space-station/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73332 Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to NASA's Crew-13 mission - the first CSA astronaut to fly under the Commercial Crew Programme.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/liftoff-nasa-launches-astronauts-to-the-moon-on-historic-artemis-ii-lunar-flyby-mission/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=72572 NASA has launched Artemis II — the first crewed mission to the Moon in over fifty years. Four astronauts are on their way aboard Orion for a lunar flyby.]]> 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/2026/02/nasa-selects-volunteers-to-track-the-orion-spacecraft-during-its-artemis-ii-mission-around-the-moon/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70879 NASA has selected 34 global volunteers to track the Orion spacecraft during the crewed Artemis II test flight's journey around the Moon. This comes as the Agency shifts the mission's earliest possible launch date from February to March after concluding its wet dress rehearsal. The volunteers comprised established commercial service providers, members of academia, and individual amateur radio enthusiasts who will use their respective equipment to passively track radio waves transmitted by Orion during its approximately 10-day journey.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/jwst-crosses-moons-orbit-after-course-correction-burn/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38183 The US $10B space observatory has flown beyond the orbit of the Moon after completing the second of the three required mid-course correction burns, NASA reported. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day to begin its 29-day deployment process. About half an hour later, it automatically deployed its solar panel to start generating its own power.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/12/ariane-5-launches-webb-on-its-journey-1-5-million-km-away/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 13:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=38118&preview=true&preview_id=38118 Ariane 5 has launched the giant James Webb Telescope into its transfer orbit. The Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on Christmas day, and the telescope separated successfully at an altitude of close to 1500 kilometers 27 minutes into the flight.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/11/james-webb-telescope-launch-delayed-again/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 07:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=37361 James Webb Space Telescope’s launch date has been moved for the fourth time, to no earlier than 22nd December, NASA reported. The additional time will be used for further testing of the observatory, following a recent incident during launch preparations. Webb was previously scheduled to launch 18th December on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/09/james-webb-telescope-to-be-launched-on-ariane-5-in-december/ Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35601&preview=true&preview_id=35601 The European and the U.S. space agencies, ESA and NASA, have scheduled the launch of the giant James Webb Space Telescope on an Ariane 5 rocket for 18 December 2021, Arianespace said. Flight VA256 is scheduled for 18 December from the Guiana Space Center, Arianespace said. The launcher and launch services are part of ESA´s contribution to the Webb project.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/james-webb-telescope-gets-ready-for-shipment-to-kourou/ Fri, 27 Aug 2021 06:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35382&preview=true&preview_id=35382 The giant James Webb Space Telescope is ready to be shipped to its launch site at Europe´s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for its shipment. The final tests were carried out at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in California, U.S.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/08/ariane-5-upper-stage-for-james-webb-on-its-way-to-kourou/ Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=35223&preview=true&preview_id=35223 The upper stage of the Ariane 5 which will launch the James Webb Space Telescope into space later this year is on its way from Bremen in Germany to the European Spaceport in French Guiana, ArianeGroup said. James Webb will be the largest and most powerful telescope ever launched.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/06/iias-sends-researcher-kellie-gerardi-on-virgin-into-space/ Fri, 04 Jun 2021 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33280&preview=true&preview_id=33280 The International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) will send its bioastronautics researcher Kellie Gerardi to space on a dedicated research mission with Virgin Galactic, the institute said. “The contract marks the world’s first industry-sponsored, human-tended research spaceflight on a commercial vehicle”.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/canada-further-invests-in-lunar-exploration/ Thu, 27 May 2021 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33070&preview=true&preview_id=33070 Canada augments its investment in lunar exploration, the Canadian government and the country’s space agency said. Canada will invest $3 million in technology initiatives for lunar exploration through the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, announced.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/03/james-webb-telescope-on-track-for-launch-in-october/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30846&preview=true&preview_id=30846 James Webb telescope on track for launch in October]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/02/three-missions-to-reach-mars-fourth-one-planned-for-2026/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=30248&preview=true&preview_id=30248 Three missions to reach Mars, fourth one planned for 2026]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/spacewatchgl-column-biden-harris-space-policy-building-on-the-space-force-and-artemis/ Sun, 24 Jan 2021 09:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29920 https://spacewatch.global/2020/12/canada-sends-astronaut-on-artemis-ii-to-the-moon/ Thu, 17 Dec 2020 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29119&preview=true&preview_id=29119 https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/james-webb-space-telescope-getting-closer-to-launch/ Thu, 08 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=26982&preview=true&preview_id=26982 James Webb Space Telescope getting closer to launch]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/spacewatchgl-feature-the-space-law-context-of-the-artemis-accords-part-2/ Thu, 28 May 2020 13:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22931 As mentioned in Part One of this article, international space law is a modest, open regime, subject to expansion and clarification. At the international multilateral level, various UN treaties on space done after the Outer Space Treaty expand on various articles of that treaty.]]>