The company that wants to launch commercial rockets from St. Lawrence is responding to the federal budget. That’s after the budget pledged almost 200 million dollars for space launch capability. CTV’s...

Interest from the federal government is marking a new and potentially lucrative chapter in Canada’s bourgeoning commercial space race.

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Canadian space services company NordSpace recently branched out into the spaceport business has now taken another step towards their Newfoundland-based Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) becoming a site for international activities.  On October 30th, NordSpace announced that they’ve officially joined the Global Spaceport Alliance (GSA). The GSA bills itself as having “the largest network of international spaceports in the world,” and members include (or included) Spaceports in Europe, South America, Australia, Asia, and the United States—including Cape Canaveral Spaceport. 

NordSpace has announced the creation of the Advanced Manufacturing for Aerospace Lab (AMA Lab) which it says will could reduce the development time by 15-20% for its Hadfield rocket engine. In announcing the new lab, NordSpace said it had received funding from the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) through its Critical Industrial Technologies Initiative, a program designed to support SMEs in their effort to “develop new IP faster and at a greater scale for the benefit of the province and beyond.”

NordSpace has signed another Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) related their Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), this time with Kongsberg Geospatial for a digital mission control centre. Last week NordSpace company signed an MOU with C-CORE for new ground stations across Canada including at the ASX. Of note, Kongsberg Geospatial is the Canadian subsidiary of Norwegian Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace. According to the news release TerraLens “will ingest data from multiple sensors to deliver real-time three-dimensional (3D) visualization of launch operations, range safety, decision support, and vehicle tracking.

NordSpace and C-CORE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will see the companies work together in developing new ground stations across Canada with initial locations planned for the Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Inuvik, Northwest Territories. With C-CORE being based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and already established in providing ground station services, it seems like a natural collaboration that could benefit both companies.

Ground stations support tracking and controlling aerial systems like satellites.

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Nordspace tried again yesterday, but was unsuccessful in its effort to launch a sub-orbital rocket from St. Lawrence. Further launches have been called off as Nordspace heads back to its test facility...

NordSpace experienced growing pains this week as their suborbital launch attempt was thwarted by a fuel issue. At 6:30 a.m. Eastern the company posted an update to its website saying they had decided to postpone the launch and would announce a new launch date in the coming weeks. Yesterday afternoon as NordSpace was going through its countdown procedures they experienced what they termed as “a minor pad fire.” The “pad anomaly” had “caused residual vaporized fuel.”

NordSpace is once again pausing its attempt to launch Canada’s first commercial rocket from Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula. The company says it will decide on a new launch date in the coming weeks.

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NordSpace is once again pausing its attempt to launch Canada’s first commercial rocket from Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula. The company says it will decide on a new launch date in the coming weeks.

NordSpace is once again pausing its attempt to launch Canada’s first commercial rocket from Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula. The company says it will decide on a new launch date in the coming weeks.

NordSpace is hoping Thursday is the day it makes history by launching Canada’s first-ever commercial rocket from Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula.