Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2019-2020
Canada
OCULAR RIGIDITY AS A NOVEL RISK FACTOR FOR SPACE FLIGHT-ASSOCIATED NEURO-OCULAR SYNDROME
Visual impairment as a consequence of long-duration space travel is a serious challenge to human exploration....
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
(20STDPK01) Burloak will develop and establish a “space”-centric Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP) process for Additive Manufactured (AM) components focusing on two strategic metal alloys for the space in...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
(20STDPK29) The scope of current project includes development work on three key sub-systems of software-defined satellites:
• On-board processor (OBP): development of direct sampling at Ku/Ka-Band,...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
(20STDPK05) GHGSat will provide experimental payload capacity on GHGSat constellation mission satellites to enable transformative innovations for GHGSat and its Canadian partners.
The proposed pro...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
(20STDPK32)Reaction Dynamics is pioneering a highly responsive launch solution with a novel type of rocket propulsion systems featuring advanced proprietary fuels.
Combined with metal additive manu...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
(20STDPK33) This STDP focuses on the definition and development of payload units required to implement a beam hopping system, will design and prototype a complex subsystem to enable flexibility in fu...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
Low profile (“flat panel”) Electronically Scanned Antenna (ESA) array system offers an attractive solution for broadband mobile HTS-SATCOM applications, particularly for LEO satellite networks. It is...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
A lidar (Light Detection and Ranging) instrument is a remote sensing device that determines the range to an object by emitting laser pulses towards it and analyzing the reflection. By emitting multipl...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2020-2021
Canada
SpaceBridge, as a pioneer in satellite ground-based technology, has planned to provide capabilities required for Industry 4.0, to accommodate Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) in order to facilitate c...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2022-2023
Canada
Teledyne Optech proposes a 3 dimensional (3D) Imaging Lidar System that provides a real-time infrared image with depth information for each pixel. This system can potentially enable spacecraft to hand...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2022-2023
Canada
An objective of humanity’s return to the Moon is to establish a sustained human presence. Mobility platforms equipped with capable robotic arms enables the creation of essential infrastructure and exp...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2022-2023
Canada
The satellite market is currently shifting toward LEO constellations. Those new missions calls for phased array antennas which up to now are typically operating in single polarization. Combining two p...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2022-2023
Canada
Kepler proposes bringing edge computing to the Kepler Network constellation to optimize the customer experience and increase the addressable and the capturable market of the Kepler Network service (al...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2022-2023
Canada
The project will evaluate the advantages of a pointing mirror as a technology candidate for reducing the detection threshold and increasing the coverage and capacity of GHGSat’s wide-angle Fabry-Pérot...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2022-2023
Canada
Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) are a critical path for meeting clean energy demands on Earth as well as delivering sustainable power to habitats and industrial activities on the lunar surface. However,...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
The objective of this project is to develop technology to enable a small gimbal mechanism, capable of surviving the harsh thermal and radiation environment on the lunar surface, onto which cameras, se...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
Reaction Dynamics will be developing space mobility solutions based around a novel hybrid rocket engine technology, enabling Reaction Dynamics to sell launch services and dedicated orbital transfer ve...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
MDA’s Lunar Exploration Robotic Arm (LERA) product will be the workhorse robotic solution for commercial lunar exploration. The LERA Rotary Actuator is at the core of this manipulator. This project wi...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
EF 2024-2025
Canada
This project leverages existing Honeywell OISL developments to progress the following steps in the Honeywell product development:
a) Redesign, implementation, and demonstration of internal calibratio...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology
EF 2025-2026
Canada
CSMC is actively developing Canada’s only space Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) — the Low Enriched Uranium Nuclear Reactor (“LEUNR”) — a flagship capability to help establish Canada’s international leader...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology
EF 2025-2026
Canada
Rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) are necessary for all inter-spacecraft interactions in space. This includes in-space services such as crew & cargo transportation to the Internatio...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology
EF 2025-2026
Canada
The satellite market has recently shifted towards Low Earth Orbit constellations. These missions require feeder link antennas that offer a wide scan angle and are typically supported by reflector ante...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Class Grant and Contribution Program toSupport Research, Awareness and Learningin Space Science and Technology
EF 2025-2026
Canada
With the advancement of Low-Earth Orbit Constellation missions and a higher focus towards more New Space/demonstration type missions, we believe at MDA Space that there is a real need and advantage to...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
STDP AO 9.1 Space R&D - Advanced Technologies
EF 2025-2026
Canada
This project will advance the use of additively manufactured functionally graded materials (FGMs) for space mobility applications, focusing on liquid propulsion systems for reusable launch vehicles an...
Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
EF 2019-2020
Canada
Large amounts of data move around the world through fiber-optic cables. However, in places where running cables is impractical, satellites are used instead. Optical links provide the critical connecti...