The University of Toronto is a public research university with a significant presence in the space industry through its research, educational programs, and the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS). UTIAS is a hub for aerospace engineering and space research in Canada, offering graduate programs and conducting research in areas like spacecraft design, robotics, and aerospace systems. The university collaborates with industry partners like Bombardier Aerospace and the Canadian Space Agency, and its students have been involved in building and launching CubeSats. Keywords associated with the University of Toronto's space activities include aerospace engineering, space research, CubeSats, UTIAS, and space systems.
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Spaceflight has signed new launch agreements with Astrocast, Canon Electronics, Capella Space, GeoJump, HawkEye 360, Orbit Fab, Loft Orbital, NASA, NearSpace Launch Inc., Inter-Modal Holding LLC, Portland State Aerospace Society, Space Products and Innovation (SPiN), Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, Xona Space Systems, and several undisclosed U.S. government organizations.
The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory announced a contract on 2020-11-16 to build three greenhouse gas monitoring satellites for GHGSat.
Space Flight Laboratory was established at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in 1998.
SFL was established at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in 1998.
Kepler-5 was the first satellite that Kepler integrated in-house and built in its new satellite manufacturing facility with guidance from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory.
The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory built the Kepler-4 satellite and Kepler Communications provided the Kepler-4 payload.
Kepler received help designing its cubesat bus from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies’ Space Flight Laboratory.
HawkEye 360 selected the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory to build its next-generation satellites to fly in formation and pinpoint the origin of radio-frequency signals.
A second Telesat prototype developed by Maxar Technologies and the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory was lost during the November 2017 Soyuz failure.
GHGSat-D, also known as Claire, is a 15-kilogram microsatellite built by the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory with two spectrometers developed and manufactured by MPB Communications.
SSL, working with the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory, built one of two prototype LEO satellites for Canadian fleet operator Telesat that was lost in a November Soyuz launch failure.