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Telesat Q3 2026: Lightspeed global service slips to mid-2028 🛰️ Telesat has pushed global service on its Lightspeed constellation back three months, to the end of June 2028. The Arctic service for Canada’s military still starts on time, at the end of March 2028. 🚀 The first two satellites, which Telesat told SpaceQ last December would launch in December 2026, will now ride on another customer’s Falcon 9 no earlier than June 2027. MDA Space is still building them. Our full breakdown of the quarter, the launch schedule and the debt 👇 spaceq.ca/telesat-q3-2026-li… #SpaceQ #Telesat #Lightspeed #SpaceEconomy

Canada-EU summit opens talks on Galileo and IRIS² access 🇨🇦🇪🇺🛰️ At their summit in Montreal, Canada and the European Union agreed to open negotiations on Canadian access to Galileo, the EU’s satellite navigation system, and to start exploratory talks on IRIS², Europe’s planned secure-communications constellation. Read the full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/canada-eu-summit-g… #SpaceQ #Space #CanadaEU #Galileo #IRIS2 #SatelliteNavigation #SecureConnectivity #MDASpace

🇨🇦 SpaceQ was at Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Longueuil as Joshua Kutryk stepped outside the International Space Station for the first time. Kutryk and NASA's Anil Menon spent seven hours and 11 minutes outside the station on Thursday, installing the seventh of eight new roll-out solar arrays. It was the first spacewalk by a CSA astronaut in more than seven years. 🎙️ We also spoke with astronaut David Saint-Jacques, the last Canadian to spacewalk before Kutryk. 📺 NASA's full replay of the spacewalk is included. Read it on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/joshua-kutryk-firs… #CanadianSpaceAgency #ISS #Spacewalk #JoshuaKutryk #Canadarm2 #SpaceQ

EarthDaily wins NASA task order to test its data against Landsat 🛰️ 🇨🇦 Vancouver-based EarthDaily Analytics has landed a NASA task order worth about $4.2 million ($US 3 million). NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey will test whether its constellation’s imagery is accurate enough to use with Landsat, the U.S. government’s half-century record of Earth’s land surface. 🌍 Read the full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/earthdaily-nasa-ta… #EarthObservation #Landsat #NASA #SpaceIndustry #CanadianSpace #SpaceQ

The Canadian Space Agency opens bids on two RADARSAT+ pathfinder radar missions 🛰️ The Canadian Space Agency is seeking bids for early definition work on two pathfinder satellites for RADARSAT+, Canada's next-generation Earth observation system. One will fly Ku-band radar and the other X-band. 📅 The solicitation went up on CanadaBuys on Oct. 26, the opening day of the National Earth Observation Forum. Bids close Dec. 7. 💰 The work builds on the $1.012 billion RADARSAT+ portfolio announced in 2023. It follows concept studies by C-CORE, Kepler Communications, MDA Space and Calian, and MDA Space's $688-million contract for an RCM replenishment satellite. Read more on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/radarsat-plus-path… #RADARSAT #EarthObservation #SAR #CanadianSpaceAgency #CanadianSpace #SpaceIndustry #SpaceQ

📡 SpaceX will offer Starlink Mobile to any Canadian carrier Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri told analysts last week that SpaceX plans to bring its Starlink Mobile phone service to Canada through wireless carriers 📱 rather than compete with them. Read the full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/starlink-mobile-ca… #Starlink #SpaceX #Rogers #Bell #Telus #ISED #DirectToDevice #SatelliteCommunications #CanadianSpace #Telecom

The Canadian Space Agency issues RFP for three priority technologies 🇨🇦 The Canadian Space Agency wants Canadian companies to develop three technologies for future missions, with up to $4 million on the table. 🔭 A lightweight mirror telescope for CubeSats that stays in focus as temperatures swing in orbit ($1M) 📷 Readout electronics for the detectors chosen for the proposed CASTOR space telescope ($1M) ❄️ A radar module for the Terrestrial Snow Mass Mission, a planned satellite to measure how much water is stored in Canada's snowpack ($2M) 🛰️ A fourth technology from the CSA's February draft list, a spectrometer to succeed ACE-FTS on SCISAT, is being sourced separately from ABB. 📅 Proposals are due Nov. 26. Full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/csa-three-priority… #CanadianSpaceAgency #SpaceTech #CASTOR #EarthObservation #CubeSats #CanadianSpace

🚀 Hire for the gap, not the title 💡 Advice to founders: Write the job description from the work, not the title When a founder asks Iain Christie to look at a job posting for a first "real" hire, it almost always describes a title rather than a job. A generic sales manager or marketing manager description draws generic applicants, and months later the gap the founder meant to fill is still sitting there. In his latest SpaceQ column, Iain Christie walks through the exercise he gives founders. It fits on one sheet of paper. 📝 👉 Read the column: spaceq.ca/startup-job-descri… #Startups #Founders #Hiring #SpaceIndustry #Leadership

U.S. Ambassador Hoekstra makes the case for Canada's sovereign push 🇨🇦 🛰️ At Space Canada's SpaceBound conference in Gatineau last week, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra came with one message for Ottawa: Canada is making a mistake by going its own way. 🎤 He spent three minutes on tariffs before the moderator cut in: "Back to space." 🚀 He said Canada is "closing the market to SpaceX," even though Telesat has booked 14 Falcon 9 launches for Lightspeed. ⚠️ He praised Elon Musk's "excellence" a week after Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield terminals slowed in the middle of a war. By the time he was done, he had made the case for why Ottawa is right. In my latest Observer column, I explain why. 👇 spaceq.ca/hoekstra-canada-so… #SpaceQ #Space #Canada #SpaceBound #Defence #Sovereignty #Telesat #SpaceX

🚀 Industry leaders urge Ottawa to accelerate funding for Canadian space sovereignty At Space Canada’s SpaceBound conference, CEOs and senior leaders from across the sector agreed on two points: Canada has the talent and the track record, and it needs to move faster. 🇨🇦 ❄️ A common thread: the Arctic, where Canada’s needs and its potential edge over other countries meet. Elizabeth Howell has the full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/canadian-space-sov… #SpaceSovereignty #CanadianSpace #SpaceBound #SpaceCanada #DefenceIndustrialStrategy #NewSpace #Arctic

🚀 NordSpace gets $20 million DND deal for standby launch pad at Atlantic Spaceport Complex At Space Canada’s SpaceBound conference, Defence Minister David McGuinty announced that the Department of National Defence will pay NordSpace $20 million over 10 years to keep a launch pad ready for military use at the company’s Atlantic Spaceport Complex in St. Lawrence, N.L. 📖 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/nordspace-dnd-deal… #Space #SpaceIndustry #CanadaSpace #Defence #SovereignLaunch #NordSpace #SpaceBound #DND

🚀 Liberal and Conservative MPs launch Parliamentary Space Caucus 🇨🇦 Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi and Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar announced a non-partisan Parliamentary Space Caucus today at Space Canada’s SpaceBound 2026 conference in Gatineau. 🛰️ The caucus will focus on three areas: space security, space prosperity and space cooperation. It will be open to members of both the House of Commons and the Senate. 👉 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/parliamentary-spac… #SpaceQ #CanadianSpace #SpaceBound2026 #SpacePolicy #Parliament #SpaceCanada

Hoekstra: Canada is not in a trade war and should align with U.S. 🇺🇸🇨🇦 🎤 At Space Canada's SpaceBound conference in Gatineau, U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told the space industry the White House doesn't see itself in a trade war with Canada, and that Canada should stay aligned with the Americans for space opportunities in the decades ahead. 📰 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/hoekstra-canada-tr… #SpaceBound #CanadianSpace #SpaceIndustry #Trade #Defence #GoldenDome #SpaceQ

Telesat lenders offer $3.2B rescue ahead of December default 🛰️💰 Lenders to Telesat have offered the Ottawa satellite operator a $3.2 billion package to repay debt that comes due Dec. 6 📅 📈 $1.7 billion in new equity, with shareholders able to buy in at $31.50, about half Monday's close 🏦 $1.5 billion in new borrowing 📉 Telesat shares fell almost 10 per cent on the TSX on Tuesday Read the full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/telesat-lenders-3-… #Telesat #SpaceIndustry #Satellites #CanadianSpace #Lightspeed #SpaceEconomy

Reaction Dynamics sets 2031 target for six-tonne Borealis rocket 🚀🇨🇦 Reaction Dynamics (RDX) of Longueuil, Que., unveiled Borealis, a medium-lift rocket, as the SpaceBound conference opened this week. 🛰️ Six tonnes to low Earth orbit, with a first launch targeted for 2031 💰 About $50 million raised so far, and $350 million more planned by 2031 👷 Staff to grow from 68 to more than 350 📈 RDX says it has more than $US 5 billion in potential launches, backed by at least 10 agreements and letters of intent Read the story 👇 spaceq.ca/reaction-dynamics-… #SpaceQ #ReactionDynamics #Borealis #SpaceLaunch #CanadianSpace #SovereignLaunch #LaunchTheNorth #SpaceBound

🛰️ Government puts $15 million into Xona’s Montreal satellite navigation centre Jeremy Hansen named special adviser on a new national space strategy, while 🛡️ Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner calls the U.S. weapons-in-orbit revelation “terrifying” At Space Canada’s SpaceBound conference, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced $15 million through the Strategic Response Fund for Xona Space Systems Canada. The money supports a Montreal centre for Xona’s Pulsar constellation, a commercial positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) service. 📍 Joly told SpaceQ the investment is meant “to really anchor Xona in Canada for the long run,” with the entire command-and-control system based in Canada. 🇨🇦 Also from SpaceBound: 👨‍🚀 Jeremy Hansen will advise the prime minister and Joly on a new national space strategy 🏛️ A new Canadian Space Agency president is expected in the coming days 🚀 Joly wants a mission assignment for astronaut Jenni Gibbons within the next year, if possible 📖 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/xona-space-systems… #Space #SpaceIndustry #CanadaSpace #PNT #Xona #SpaceBound #Defence #CSA

16 deals show space SPACs have a poor record for investors 🚀📉 SpaceQ reviewed every space company that went public through a SPAC since 2009. Investors who kept their shares have lost money on 11 of the 16. 📊 Only three passed our scorecard: Rocket Lab, Iridium and Intuitive Machines 💵 Half are now worth about $2 or less per original $10 share 🔮 The companies booked about 21% of the revenue their SPAC pitches projected 🏢 All six that had less than $10 million of revenue when they listed failed We also look at NorthStar Earth & Space, the newest space company to go public this way, and at the cheaper route Maritime Launch Services took in Canada 🇨🇦 Read the full analysis 👇 spaceq.ca/space-spacs-poor-r… #SpaceIndustry #SPAC #SpaceEconomy #Investing #NewSpace #SpaceQIntel

🚀 Jeremy Hansen asks space sector to work like his Moon crew At last night’s SpaceBound opening reception in Ottawa, Jeremy Hansen made a surprising admission about the Artemis II crew: “We were not a great team from the get-go.” 🌕 The turning point came months into training, when the four astronauts made a pact to “launch as friends and land as friends.” 🤝 Now he’s asking Canada’s space sector to do the same and find a common goal of its own. 🇨🇦 👉 Read it here: spaceq.ca/jeremy-hansen-spac… #SpaceBound #ArtemisII #JeremyHansen #SpaceCanada #CanadianSpace #SpaceQ

C-COM Q-band antenna tracks stratospheric cell platforms 📡 Ottawa's C-COM Satellite Systems has developed a vehicle-mounted Q-band antenna that follows communications platforms flying about 20 km up 🛰️ 🎈 High-altitude platform stations (HAPS) act as airborne cell sites, and each one needs a ground gateway to reach the terrestrial network. C-COM's iNetVu 1200+ puts that gateway on a vehicle. 👉 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/c-com-q-band-anten… #SpaceQ #HAPS #SatelliteCommunications #CanadianSpace #NonTerrestrialNetworks

🇨🇦🇮🇳 Canada–India space deals stay small ahead of Modi visit Minister Maninder Sidhu's trade mission to Mumbai and Bengaluru produced 34 deals worth close to $300 million. Space accounted for three MOUs from two Canadian companies: Sidhu said the two countries "don't compete with each other." In space, they do in parts of the market, and India's space budget is now more than twice Canada's 💰 🤝 The CSA–ISRO arrangement promised in March has no announced signing date but Modi arrives in Canada Dec. 11 as both sides push to close a trade deal by year-end. 🔗 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/canada-india-space… #SpaceIndustry #Canada #India #ISRO #CSA #NewSpace #SpaceQ