In the mid-late 60’s, the Department of Physics at the University of Saskatchewan launched their Space Engineering Division, mandated to design and build rocket instrumentation for upper atmospheric studies. After the department’s success and revenue gain, they branched out to become their own entity, SED Systems. SED Systems grew to eventually be acquired in 1990 by Calian, another Canadian firm known for space engineering, satellite exploration, defense, and aerospace technology. Patrick and his team continue to reach for the stars and grow within Calian to this day.
Join us as we talk with Patrick Thera, President of Calian, Advanced Technologies and Mike Rennie, Director of Operations of Calian Composites, about extremely large antennas, specialty composites, what the appeal is for operating out of Saskatchewan, and all things from talent and how to get involved with this exciting company if you’re interested in space, tech and engineering.
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“Antennas can take on many shapes, forms, and guises. From little whip antennas that are part of a cellphone, to the large parabolic antennas that you see as Calian’s flagship antenna products where we have deep space antennas at 35 meters, full-motion tracking, antennas that we use to communicate with space probes.” – Patrick Thera, Calian, Advanced Technologies
