In this, the second edition of the Canadian Spaceport Launch Vehicle Power Rankings, we've got good and bad news to share including updates from C6 Launch, Yuzhnoye, Astra Space, a Canada - US Technology Safeguards Agreement and more. The preamble Canada does not have a spaceport. So why bother creating a Canadian Spaceport Launch Vehicle Power Rankings? You can read our full reasoning behind the …
Read More »US signs space Technology Safeguards Agreement with the UK, what about Canada?
Last week the UK and the US announced that they had signed Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA), an important precursor agreement that will facilitate US companies from operating at UK spaceports and the export of space technology to the UK. It's an important agreement that will bolster the UK space industry and allow US companies to offer services and products they might otherwise not be able …
Read More »The Canadian spaceport launch vehicle power rankings
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Read More »The Canadian Space Agency Quietly Supports Maritime Launch Services
The Canadian Space Agency does not have a stake in Maritime Launch Services (MLS), nor have they provided them any funding, but in a quiet way, they are supportive.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services to Sign MOU with St. Francis Xavier University
This afternoon Maritime Launch Services (MLS) and St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) will sign a Memo Of Understanding (MOU) that is the start of a new partnership and what both parties hope will be a long collaboration.
Read More »Nova Scotia Destined Cyclone 4M Rocket for Maritime Launch Services Passes Another Test
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) and the Ukrainian based Yuzhnoye Design Office announced this morning that Yuzhnoye had successfully completed the qualification test of the fully integrated upper stage of the Cyclone 4M rocket.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services to Select Launch Site Design Team Soon
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has stated it is going to select a launch site design team soon after issuing a request for proposals in June.
Read More »Does the UK Space Agency Spaceport Report Point the Way Forward for Canada?
The UK Space Agency commissioned an independent report completed by Frost & Sullivan which in part concludes that there is a good investment opportunity to support a UK based spaceport.
Read More »Maritime Launch Services Pushes Back on Negative and Misleading Statements by Opponents
In an op-ed published in the Guysborough Journal, Steve Matier, CEO of Maritime Launch Services (MLS) is pushing back on negative and misleading statements by opponents.
Read More »Canadian Spaceport in Nova Scotia Gets Environment Ministry Approval to Move Forward
Today Nova Scotia Environment gave the approval for Maritime Launch Services (MLS) to move forward with its plan to build a spaceport in the Hazel Hill – Canso area of Guysborough County.
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