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.
For NordSpace, which owns and is developing the Atlantic Spaceport Complex, this collaboration provides the potential for another type of revenue source as the company tries to diversify.
In a press release, the companies said that “This collaboration is focused on supporting communications, telemetry, tracking, and control for satellites, launch vehicles, hypersonic flight vehicles, and other space and aerial systems critical to Canada’s strategic and commercial aerospace future.”
Rahul Goel, CEO of NordSpace said, “With NordSpace’s bold mission to develop an end-to-end space missions capability in Canada, working with renowned partners like C-CORE who bring decades of experience developing and operating high performance and reliable infrastructure on the ground and in space is incredibly exciting. C-CORE’s collaboration will help ensure reliability of our commercial launch activities both at our spaceport, and in the high Arctic where Canadian sovereignty and security are under threat. These capabilities will also open new revenue streams for NordSpace and help further vertically integrate our space missions.”
Paul Griffin, President & CEO of C-CORE added, “C-CORE has been expanding its capabilities in satellite monitoring to include the entire value chain from satellites to ground stations to earth observation data analytics, and this partnership with NordSpace will provide access to sovereign launch services to ensure Canadian safety and security in our space systems and earth observation pursuits. We look forward to working with NordSpace in providing expanded Canadian ground station capacity and capability to national and international clients.”
NordSpace recently posted to their YouTube channel that will be performing an engine test of their Hadfield-10 Mk IV on Friday, October 17. SpaceQ will broadcast the livestream when it’s available.