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Total System Experience Ireal is seen here talking to a colleague at the Spar Aerospace booth at an industry convention or tradeshow. Judging by the satellite diagrams on the left, most likely in 1979-1980. One can observe Spar advertising its man
Brasilsat A2, March 28th, 1986 🇧🇷 On this day 40 years ago, Brasilsat A2 was launched aboard an Ariane 3 rocket into orbit where it joined Brasilsat A1, launched the year before. Both satellites, built by Spar Aerospace Limited, served the entire
Refined Visuals After uncovering a document upon which Ireal had written his name, the ‘Finding Ireal’ wordmark has been updated to include Ireal’s own printing. Additionally, a Brasilsat stamp 🇧🇷 issued in 1985 to commemorate
Spar Aerospace in the 1990s, Part III. This advertisement from 1992 states Spar’s commitment to meeting the challenges of the coming 21st century while honouring the people and work that got the company through its first 25 years. Spar Aerospa
MDA Space MDA Space, also known as MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates, is a Canadian aerospace and robotics company and successor company to Spar Aerospace Limited and RCA Canada. John MacDonald, an MIT graduate and a Professor of Electrical Eng
Ireal Retires from Spar In 1986, Ireal formally retired from Spar Aerospace. At a big celebration thrown in Ottawa in his honour, attended by all of management and many current and former colleagues from Ireal’s time at RCA and Spar, Ireal was
Ireal Found Video footage of Ireal, the only known footage of him in existance, seen in clips in slides two, four, six, and eight. He appears in film footage captured for posterity, for a few seconds in two separate instances while attending the Ina
Spar Aerospace in the 1990s, Part II. Spar looked to be positioning itself well for the 21st century with RADARSAT, MSAT, and a Prime Contract for Canadarm 2 for the International Space Station. RADARSAT launched on November 4th, 1995, and MSAT laun
MSAT Mobile Satellite, known as MSAT, was one of two identical satellites in a North American joint venture between the American Mobile Satellite Corporation (AMSC) of Reston, Virginia, and Telesat Mobile Inc. of Ottawa, Ontario. Research and dev
SED Systems of Saskatoon SED Systems is a communications company who have been supplying both systems and services to the satellite industry for 60 years. Though not incorporated until 1972, SED began in 1965 as the Space Engineering Division (SED)