ClassNK examined NexusWave’s onboard network equipment, service orchestration processes, and edge infrastructure components during the certification process.

NordSpace plans suborbital launches in 2026 and orbital launches in 2028.

GPS-dependent systems are estimated to underpin over 20 per cent of Canada’s national GDP.

NordSpace is expanding a spaceport in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Reaction Dynamics is preparing for its first flight and aiming for orbit by the fourth quarter of 2028.

MDA Space is building a facility capable of producing 400 satellites a year.

Reaction Dynamics focuses on storable stable propellants to offer operational flexibility.

The Department of National Defence’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security Launch the North program supports Canadian launch startups.

Losing access to the global positioning system could cost the Canadian economy $1 billion every day.

Canada Rocket Company says the medium-lift launch market could be worth up to $20 billion by the mid-2030s.

Canada Rocket Company needs anchor demand, continued co-investment in development, and regulatory alignment from the Government of Canada to scale to a fully operational medium-lift capability.

The new Defence Investment Agency is intended to provide a faster procurement pathway for Canadian defence acquisitions.

Canada’s space infrastructure is treated as critical infrastructure because it supports observation, communications, global positioning, and timing for banks.

MDA Space’s satellites currently have to be launched outside of Canada.

NASA-STD-6001 outgassing requirements eliminate most commercial coating vendors.

A lapse in one of those three compliance frameworks can trigger a re-qualification process that takes months and sidelines the vendor for new program work.

MIL-DTL-5541 governs chemical conversion coatings on aluminum used in satellite and launch vehicle structures.

The U.S. Department of Defense maintains MIL-SPEC process specifications for flight hardware surface treatments.

MIL-A-8625 governs anodizing.

Achieving and maintaining NADCAP accreditation requires dedicated quality management resources, controlled process chemistry, and recurring third-party audits.

In early 2025, the Aerospace Industries Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers published a study identifying nine categories of highly specialized components with a serious production capacity deficit in the space manufacturing supply chain.

Post-processing vendors serving space programs must trace each process to a qualified process specification, maintain active approval from the relevant government or prime customer, and control process chemistry to tighter tolerances than ordinary commercial processors.

NASA maintains its own process specification library through the NASA Technical Standards Program.

A vendor serving space programs must continuously maintain MIL-SPEC qualification, NASA process approvals, and NADCAP accreditation.

Space hardware post-processing includes chemical conversion coatings, anodizing, physical vapor deposition hard coatings, chemical vapor deposition hard coatings, electroless nickel plating, passivation, thermal spray processes, and specialized paint and adhesive systems qualified for vacuum outgassing.

Norma’s proprietary Q Platform provides quantum software and cloud-native services.

Norma has expanded its commercial footprint through partnerships with KT Cloud and Kakao Enterprise.

The planned Space Quantum Computing Center will be a cloud-linked data infrastructure hub that uses quantum algorithms to optimize large-scale satellite fleet operations, accelerate deep-space data analytics, and provide cloud-based quantum resources to commercial and government clients.

INNOSPACE has signed a memorandum of understanding with Norma for live in-space testing of quantum hardware and the eventual deployment of a Space Quantum Computing Center.

Operational data from the HANBIT flight will serve as the baseline architecture for the planned Space Quantum Computing Center.

The INNOSPACE-Norma in-orbit demonstration will evaluate how QPU hardware performs under radiation, thermal variations, and structural vibrations in space.

Norma will develop a compact quantum computing payload centered around a Quantum Processing Unit for integration into INNOSPACE’s HANBIT launch vehicle family.

The OWLS mission is designed to gather atmospheric data to improve predictive models of space weather, atmospheric drag, and the operational environment for low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations.

Momentus is actively accepting technical proposals from satellite operators, defense research divisions, and commercial startups for remaining hosted payload capacity on the Vigoride-9 launch.

The OWLS mission is scheduled to launch into low-Earth orbit in 2027.

Momentus will integrate and operate LASP’s Occultation Wave Limb Sounder mission aboard its next-generation Vigoride-9 Orbital Service Vehicle.

Momentus Inc. secured a contract with the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the upcoming OWLS mission.

The OWLS mission includes two scientific instruments engineered by LASP.

Momentus’ Vigoride series uses a modular spacecraft architecture and high-power generation capabilities for hosted payloads that require prolonged operational life, strict stabilization, and tailored environmental profiles.

Vandenberg Space Force Base supports missions to polar and high-inclination orbits.

The U.S. Space Force issued SpaceX an outgrant in 2025 that authorizes the company to modernize SLC-6.

Legacy structures at SLC-6 on Vandenberg Space Force Base were safely removed on 17 June to make way for modernization by SpaceX.

SpaceX is modernizing SLC-6 to support next generation spacelift operations.

The strike at the Guiana Space Centre did not affect the Ariane 6 launch planned for 17 June.

Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès said the Guiana Space Centre was fully operational again after the strike.

Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès said the labour dispute did not affect the planned Ariane 6 launch from the Guiana Space Centre.

Arianespace CEO David Cavaillolès said the Guiana Space Centre was fully operational again after the strike ended.

The Ariane 6 launch window on 17 June opens at 12:53 CET.

The Ariane 6 launch from the Guiana Space Centre remained scheduled for 17 June with a launch window opening at 12:53 CET.

The Guiana Space Centre is used to launch Europe’s Ariane 6 and Vega C rockets.