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The mission of the Canadian Space Agency is to lead the development and application
of space knowledge for the benefit of Canadians and humanity. Part of the mandate of
the CSA is also to promote the transfer and diffusion of space technology to and
throughout Canadian industry and to encourage commercial exploitation of space
capabilities, technology, facilities and systems.
The Commercialization Office has the
mandate to promote and make the most of the commercial potential of space capabilities,
technologies, facilities and systems with an aim of maximizing
the social and economic
benefits of the Canadian Space Program. Its main functions are to provide intellectual
property management of the Canadian Space Program and to support technology transfer.
The Offices houses three complementary areas of activities:
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Intellectual Property Management: To secure intellectual property, and to license and commercialize technologies developed under the Canadian Space Program.
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Technology Diffusion Program: To help companies identify and acquire space
technologies for the development of terrestrial products and services.
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Earth Observation Application Development Program (EOADP) promotes the
development of innovative applications that will maximize
the utilization of Earth
observation (EO) satellite data generated by CSA-supported missions.
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