{"id":14949,"date":"2025-06-17T19:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T19:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/?post_type=rbc_tl&#038;p=14949\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T16:10:19","slug":"space-the-low-earth-orbit-movement","status":"publish","type":"rbc_tl","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/disruptors\/space-the-low-earth-orbit-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Space: The Low Earth Orbit Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<p>From Arctic sovereignty to wildfire response, Canada\u2019s challenges are increasingly being solved by the low earth orbital satellites less than 1000km from the earth\u2019s surface.\u00a0 In this episode, co-hosts John Stackhouse and Sonia Sennik dive into the pivotal role that satellite communications have in Canada\u2019s future. 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