GALAXIA Mission Systems: A Canadian space technology company specializing in real-time data delivery, AI-driven insights, and mission solutions. They focus on sectors like energy, defense, and environmental monitoring, utilizing nanosatellites and advanced data processing techniques. They have partnerships with organizations like NVIDIA and the Canadian Space Agency. (
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Galaxia Mission Control Systems launched one satellite in 2025.
Galaxia Mission Systems and C-CORE have also received contracts from DRDC under the SpaceLEO initiative.
CTOS marks a major milestone for Galaxia as the company expands its MissionOne program, aiming to strengthen Canada's presence in space.
Galaxia is building CTOS using its Halifax-Class nanosatellite bus, which is an 8U platform weighing about 16 kilograms.
During CTOS's year in orbit, Galaxia plans to test and benchmark LEO data relay pipelines for secure communications.
Galaxia secured the contract through a competitive proposal process under the Department of National Defence’s DRDC IDEaS program.
The mission is being delivered under Galaxia’s MissionOne turnkey service, which takes a client’s concept through every phase: design, manufacturing, integration, launch, operations, and decommissioning.
Galaxia launched its demonstration VSaS enabled spacecraft, Mobius 1, earlier this year.
Galaxia Mission Systems has been awarded a $2.5 million contract by Defence Research and Development Canada to design, build, launch, and operate the Canadian Tactical Operations Satellite (CTOS).
The CTOS spacecraft will be operated using Galaxia’s extended orbital gateways across Canada and around the world.
Galaxia will show how low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity via LEO could benefit remote Arctic communities and regional defence.
Galaxia is currently targeting a launch for CTOS in 2027-28, but the launch provider has not yet been selected.
Galaxia aims to develop a basis for scalable hybrid networks that will enhance Canada’s competitiveness in the global space sector.
The CTOS mission is a defence-focused project awarded to Galaxia by the Department of National Defence.
Galaxia plans to test and demonstrate edge-computing capabilities for faster in-orbit data processing and decision-making.
The 33-month CTOS mission will be designed and manufactured in-house at Galaxia’s facilities in Nova Scotia.
SPiN closed a €1.63 million seed funding round led by Galaxia with participation from Obloo Ventures, Scientifica Venture Capital, and Innova Venture.
GALAXIA Mission Systems designs and develops computationally rich computers and reliable electronics for space missions, including software-defined satellites.
The CubeSat Support Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium, allows teams to verify equipment, payloads, experiments, or entire nanosatellites.
Maritime Launch Services signed a contract with Nanoracks and a Letter of Intent to launch with Nova Scotia-based GALAXIA Mission Systems.