Title:
Enabling Advanced Remote Sensing and Navigation Applications from a Commercial PNT Satellite Constellation
Agreement Value:
$495,120.00
Agreement Date:
Dec 21, 2021 - Jul 1, 2024
Description:
The project will demonstrate the benefits enabled by a new generation of commercial position, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellites developed by Xona Space Systems. Ionospheric space weather, especially in the Canadian Arctic, can produce severe degradation of navigation and communications capability over land, sea and air. Xona’s powerful signals coupled with large satellite constellation size will produce an unprecedented quantity of high-quality radionavigation data that can be exploited in the domains of remote sensing and Earth Observation. By incorporating ionospheric data extracted from these new Xona signals, the project aims to improve the current state-of-the-art in real-time ionospheric sensing models.
Organization:
Canadian Space Agency
Expected Results:
The Research component of the program provides financial support to organizations to conduct space related research
and development in priority areas. It will support targeted knowledge development and innovation to sustain and enhance the Canadian capacity to use space to address national needs and priorities in the future.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6H 1A5
Reference Number:
003-2021-2022-Q3-00022
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
For-profit organization
Recipient's Legal Name:
Xona Space systems Canada inc.
Program:
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Program Purpose:
This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Research Component aims to support the development of science and technology; foster the continual development of a critical mass of researchers and highly qualified people in Canada; and support information gathering and space-related studies and research pertaining to Canadian Space Agency priorities.