Tag Archives: Department of National Defence

Canada’s NEOSSat satellite is playing a role in the space situational awareness Phantom Echoes experiment and recently captured imagery of the North Grumman Mission Extension Vehicle-1 spacecraft approaching Intelsat 901 in GEO.

It's been much anticipated, and now the Government of Canada is moving forward with a consultation to define what Earth Observation systems Canada should consider as a follow-on to the RADARSAT Constellation Mission. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

In December of 2019 the Department of National Defence (DND) put a call for engineering and costing studies related to a space-based surveillance system.

Update 1:15 pm: Please note SpaceQ made an error in publishing this story as the third call for proposals has already closed. We’ll keep this story online as reference for when contracts are awarded.

What were the top Canadian space stories of 2019? Our list is combination of editorial selection, popularity and reader feedback.

At the behest of Director General Space (DG Space), the Department of National Defence has issued an invitation to tender for proposals related to a space-based surveillance system.

The Department of National Defence (DND) has posted an amendment for the Surveillance of Space 2 Ground Based Optical RFI.

The Department of National Defence (DND) has issued a request for information (RFI) for possible Ground Based Optical solutions for the Surveillance of Space 2 project.

The Department of National Defence has released a new document with an updated Summary of Feedback and Outcomes for the Enhanced Satellite Communications Project – Polar RFI.

The advent of small satellite use by Canada’s Department of National Defence in earnest is upon us as demonstrated by the latest request for proposals (RFP) by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).