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Author: Ivan Semeniuk
Publication Date: January 11, 2026 - 16:39
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NASA’s Pandora hitches ride on successful satellite launch by Toronto-based company
January 11, 2026
Toronto-based aerospace company Kepler Communications Inc. launched 10 satellites on Sunday, cementing its position as the operator of the largest fleet of Canadian-built spacecraft to date.
The cluster of 300-kilogram satellites – each one about the size of a large desk – were among 47 payloads carried into orbit on a Space X rocket that lifted off at 5:44 Pacific time from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, about 250 kilometres northwest of Los Angeles.
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As a procession of semi-trucks rumbled down Yonge Street in Toronto flying Iran’s prerevolution flag and blasting their air horns on Sunday, Rafat Mirlohi looked on with a mix of hope and distress. For four days, she has been unable to reach family in Iran while a crackdown on countrywide anti-government protests has killed at least 500 people, according to reports, and shut down phone and internet contact with the outside world.
January 11, 2026 - 21:02 | Patrick White, Tom Cardoso | The Globe and Mail
Canadian phenom Milos Raonic, a former Wimbledon finalist who has not competed since mid-2024, announced his retirement from professional tennis in an emotional social media post on Sunday.
January 11, 2026 - 20:41 | | CBC News - Canada
A black bear cub caught in a fire this past December continues to make a recovery in Smithers, B.C. Rescuers said the bear was burnt while hibernating in a slash pile set on fire near Dawson Creek, B.C.
January 11, 2026 - 20:08 | | CBC News - Canada
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