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The U.S. launched the Transit 2A a satellite. On the satellite was a cosmic noise receiver. That cosmic noise reciever was the first canadian hardware in space
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When astronaut Alan B. Shepard flew Freedom 7 capsule around earth for a a 15-minute suborbital flight. On this capsule was a Canadian communication antenna known as STEM
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Canada became the third country after Russia and USA to launch a satalite in space with the Alouette satalite launch.
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The Relay-1 was a communication satellite this had the first Canadian-built hardware in a communications satellite.
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Canada becomes the first country with a domestic communications satellite in geostationary orbit.
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Canada Launches the Anik A2 so they can inprove TV and Telephone services in Canada
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Launch of Canadarm aboard Space Shuttle Columbia
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October 5-13 Canadian Astronaut Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space apon mission STS-41 As a Payload Specialist, he is responsible for CANEX-1, a set of Canadian experiments. Also the Canadarm is used for the 9th time
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Astronaut Roberta Bondar is the second Canadian and first Canadian woman in space aboard Discovery (STS-42).
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RADARSAT is launched, making it Canada's first Earth observation satellite
