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University of Toronto

CA

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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SFL Missions is a commercial spinoff from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory.

RelationshipsValue 3.2Jun 24, 2026SFL Missions and NUVIEW enter Phase A for ESA lunar mapping satellite

The University of Toronto has incorporated the Space Flight Laboratory as SFL Missions Inc.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.0Jun 1, 2026University of Toronto Small Satellite Lab Spins Out as Independent Company

Chris Damaren is the Director of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.

GovernanceValue 3.2Jun 1, 2026University of Toronto Small Satellite Lab Spins Out as Independent Company

Chris Yip is the Dean of University of Toronto Engineering.

GovernanceValue 2.0Jun 1, 2026University of Toronto Small Satellite Lab Spins Out as Independent Company

The Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies has been incorporated as SFL Missions Inc.

GovernanceGeneralValue 3.2Jun 1, 2026University of Toronto Small Satellite Lab Spins Out as Independent Company

SFL Missions Inc. has nearly three decades of flight heritage from its time at the University of Toronto’s Institute for Aerospace Studies.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0Jun 1, 2026University of Toronto Small Satellite Lab Spins Out as Independent Company

The Tundra program includes university collaborators at the University of Toronto, McMaster, Waterloo, Concordia, and Western.

GeneralValue 2.0Mar 31, 2026Tundra Launch Vehicle, Atlantic Spaceport Complex Recognized by Canadian Government

The team used the Trillium supercomputing cluster at SciNet at the University of Toronto for the simulations.

CapabilityValue 3.0Feb 24, 2026Stellar rotation drives deep mixing in ageing red giant stars

Wendt is now in a new role at the University of Toronto.

GovernanceValue 1.0Nov 23, 2025Calcite deposit from southern Nevada cave reveals 580,000 years of climate history

Autonomy algorithms developed by researchers at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) could improve cargo transport safety and efficiency on the moon.

CapabilityValue 2.0Oct 23, 2025Researchers Developing Autonomous Lunar Transportation System

The three HawkEye 360 satellites deployed on Bandwagon-1 were developed by the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Apr 11, 2024Exolaunch Signs Multi-Mission Agreement with HawkEye360 for Launch and Deployment Services

The three HawkEye 360 satellites deployed on Bandwagon-1 were developed by the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory.

GeneralRelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.8Apr 10, 2024Exolaunch signs HawkEye 360 to a multi-mission launch agreement

HawkEye 360 satellites are being built by the Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies and at HawkEye 360’s facility in Northern Virginia.

CapabilityValue 3.5Sep 14, 2023HawkEye 360 reaches inflection point on path to profitability

LEO 3 was built by the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory for Telesat and is the largest spacecraft on the 2023-07-17 launch.

GeneralCapabilityRelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jul 18, 2023Electron launches seven smallsats in latest step towards reusability

Telesat ordered a microsatellite called LEO 3 from Space Flight Laboratory, which is part of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

The University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory is building three additional GHGSat spacecraft targeted for launch in the first half of 2023.

PlanGrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 15, 2022GHGSat taps Spire to expand greenhouse gas monitoring constellation

HawkEye 360 has historically built its radio-frequency monitoring payloads while using satellite buses from the Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5Jul 26, 2022HawkEye 360 opens satellite manufacturing facility in Virginia

Spaceflight signed multiple new customers for rideshare and launch services in 2021, including GeoJump, Portland State Aerospace Society, SPiN, Spacemanic, University of Toronto Aerospace Team, and Xona Space Systems.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Feb 22, 2022The 10 Hottest Satellite Companies in 2022

In Spring 2021 the University of Toronto Trash Team deployed a fleet of blender bottles with embedded Globalstar SmartOne C Satellite Trackers at strategic locations around Toronto Harbour.

GeneralValue 4.0Nov 18, 2021U of Toronto Talks Trash Enlisting Globalstar’s IoT Satellite Technology

Spaceflight Inc. 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.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 26, 2021Spaceflight’s Long List Of New Launch Contracts Enrich Future Of Space Infrastructure
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