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Such activities allow the space sector to grow the economy and open  new markets, create the jobs of tomorrow, and play an important role in new  mission opportunities that generate benefits for Canadians and inspire the next  generation of innovators.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The  <abbr title=\"Canadian Space Agency\">CSA<\/abbr> recently awarded $6<abbr title=\"Million\">M<\/abbr> in contributions for advanced space technology  demonstration projects, as listed below.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<section>&#13;<\/p>\n<h2>Technology demonstration in space<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Following  an announcement of opportunity  (Technology demonstration) published in <time datetime=\"2022-01\">January 2022<\/time>, GHGSat  (Quebec) was awarded  $2<abbr title=\"Million\">M<\/abbr> in contributions for an on-orbit demonstration of its next-generation  Grating Spectrometer Technology for Satellite-Based Methane Monitoring. 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