Canada is turning to space technology to help fight wildfires
The Canadian Space Agency is developing a way to track wildfires from orbit. The federal government is investing $72 million ...
Will an asteroid collide with Earth? How the Webb telescope will track 2024 YR4
The $10 billion orbiting observatory will give astronomers a better sense of the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's size and ...
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Canada invests $72 million on satellite constellation to monitor active wildfires
Canada is investing $72 million on a novel satellite constellation that will monitor active forest fires across the country.
Spire Global stock rises 7.5% following Canadian wildfire monitoring contract
Global (NYSE:SPIR) climbed 7.5% as the company was awarded a Can$72 million contract by the Canadian Space Agency to develop ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope To Scan Asteroid Threatening To Hit Earth
Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.
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Canadian Space Agency Assigns Can$72 Million Contract to Spire Global Canada to Design WildFireSat Mission
The WildFireSat mission is a joint initiative by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Natural Resources Canada’s Canadian Forest Service (CFS), Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation ...
James Webb Space Telescope unveils region with newborn star: See stunning photo
HH 30 is a luminous region surrounding a newborn star, or protostar. The James Webb Space Telescope helped reveals ...
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Falling space junk poses growing threat to aviation, warns B.C. researcher
The new study found there's a 26% chance the threat of space junk could shut down a crowded airspace in Europe, Asia or North ...
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WildFireSat: $72 million for critical Canadian space infrastructure for wildfires
Satellite Earth observation is the only way to provide daily data on all active wildfires spanning the entire Canadian territory ... we are using innovative space capabilities to improve ...