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Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has cleared the last hurdle ahead of construction on Spaceport Nova Scotia with today’s news that the Province of Nova Scotia had informed the startup that they had satisfied all the conditions of its environmental assessment in 2019.

NASA’s first attempt to launch the Space Launch System (SLS) for the Artemis I mission was scrubbed today by the launch director at approximately 8:34 a.m. EDT.

Artemis 1 is getting ready for its moonshot, and Canada is on board the larger mission.

The Space Concordia Robotics teams has qualified for the upcoming on-site European Rover Challenge, one of 19 teams of 64 to do so.

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has announced its 2023 Major Science Initiatives Fund decisions, allocating $628 million to 14 institutions and 19 projects.

Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has just concluded the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for Spaceport Nova Scotia. The spaceport, when completed, would be Canada’s first active launch site in decades, its only current orbital launch site, and one of the few commercial launch sites in the world. This PDR is an important step in making that happen. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? …

While low Earth orbit SmallSats are having a revolutionary effect on Earth observation, other approaches based on other technologies, like stratospheric balloons, have a role to play as well. At a media availability day on August 18, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) discussed the stratospheric balloon program (STRATOS) and the balloons’ important scientific and expanding role, and its value to the Timmins’ community. 

Another important, and long-sought after item on the Maritime Launch Services (MLS) to do list can now be marked as accomplished. MLS has a 20 year crown land lease with the Province of Nova Scotia for Spaceport Nova Scotia.

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, paid a visit to MDA’s headquarters in Brampton on Wednesday, August 17 to tour the facilities which includes R&D for the Canadarm3.

Maritime Launch Services reported a quarterly loss of $4,315,979 for the three month period ended June 30, 2022 and a loss of $4,580,700 for the six month period ended June 30, 2022. It also disclosed that it has a letter of intent (LOI) for the use of another medium class launch vehicle if the the Ukrainian Cyclone 4M is not available. This page is for …