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

🚀 Josh Kutryk scheduled to do two spacewalks to finish station’s solar power upgrade 👨‍🚀 Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and NASA astronaut Anil Menon are set to leave the International Space Station on Oct. 29 and Nov. 5. ☀️ On each spacewalk they will install one roll-out solar array. These are the seventh and eighth, and last, of the new arrays added to the station since 2021. NASA says the full set will raise the station’s generating capacity from 160 kilowatts to about 215. 👉 Read more on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/josh-kutryk-spacew… #CanadianSpaceAgency #NASA #ISS #Spacewalk #Canadarm2 #JoshKutryk #SpaceQ

🚧 NordSpace starts Phase 2 at Atlantic Spaceport Complex 🚀 NordSpace has started building a six-kilometre road to SLC-01 at its spaceport in St. Lawrence, N.L., where it plans orbital launches of its Tundra rocket no earlier than 2028. It aims to finish Phase 2 by spring 2027, then install two orbital pads, mission control and propellant storage. Read the full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/nordspace-atlantic… #NordSpace #SpaceLaunch #CanadianSpace #Spaceport #NewfoundlandAndLabrador #SovereignLaunch

🇨🇦🚀 NorthStar receives conditional TSX listing approval Two weeks after debuting in New York, Montreal's NorthStar Earth & Space is lining up a Toronto listing. It has until Nov. 30 to meet the exchange's conditions. ⏳ 💰 Details on the SPAC proceeds, what NorthStar still owes, and the dates to watch, all in our story 👇 spaceq.ca/northstar-tsx-list… #NorthStar #TSX #CanadianSpace #SpaceIndustry #SpaceQIntel

🚀 Maritime Launch Services receives conditional approval to list on TSX 🇨🇦 📈 The Toronto Stock Exchange has conditionally approved shares of Maritime Launch Services (MLS), the developer of Spaceport Nova Scotia. The company now trades on Cboe Canada as MAXQ. 📊 A TSX listing is the first step toward the S&P/TSX Composite, but the index sets a high bar. 🔗 Read the full story on SpaceQ: spaceq.ca/maritime-launch-se… #SpaceQ #MaritimeLaunch #SpaceportNovaScotia #TSX #CanadianSpace #SpaceEconomy

🚀 CSA Space Technology Development Program AO 10 awards $11M to 15 companies The Canadian Space Agency has named the companies sharing $11 million in non-repayable contributions for 16 space technology projects 🇨🇦 📉 It's the smallest STDP industry round since 2014, with about $860,000 of the $12M available not yet awarded The full list of companies, projects and amounts is in our story 👇 spaceq.ca/space-technology-d… #CanadianSpaceAgency #SpaceTech #NewSpace #SpaceIndustry #Canada

🇨🇿🛰️ Czech group CSG becomes MDA Space's largest shareholder – With CSG's stake, two Czech groups now own about 16% of MDA Space. 💰 CSG paid about $656 million for 9.5% of Canada's largest space company, according to its U.S. securities filing. 🔍 CSG's filing keeps its options open, including future proposals to MDA's board. Full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/csg-mda-space-larg… #MDASpace #CSG #SpaceIndustry #Defence #CanadianSpace

Buyers wanted … traders need not apply 🚀 In his latest SpaceQ column, Iain Christie offers space founders one simple question to ask before they pitch an investor: 🔍 Is this person investing their own money? Or are they deploying capital for limited partners the founder will never meet, and who care only about an internal rate of return? Read the column for Iain's advice 👉 spaceq.ca/buyers-wanted-trad… #SpaceIndustry #Startups #VentureCapital #Founders #Fundraising #NewSpace

🚀 SpaceX wants up to 456 Starship launches a year from Texas That's more than 18 times what Starbase is allowed today, and nearly nine launches a week. 📈 The FAA has opened a full environmental review of the plan, with public comments due Nov. 30. 🗓️ Full story on SpaceQ 👇 spaceq.ca/starship-launches-… #SpaceX #Starship #FAA #Starbase #SpaceIndustry