C6 Launch, a Canadian-based space technology company founded in 2017, is a launch provider focused on enabling the transport of small satellites, specifically nanosats and CubeSats, into low Earth orbit (LEO) and sun-synchronous orbit (SSO). They are developing a dedicated small-sat launch vehicle designed for payloads up to 100 kg, utilizing proven, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. C6 Launch aims to provide responsive and flexible launch services, with launch sites planned in locations such as Brazil and Scotland, and has partnerships with organizations like SaxaVord Spaceport, Ursa Major Technologies, and Spaceport America.
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C6 Launch Systems, Reaction Dynamics, and SpaceRyde are Canadian companies developing smallsat launch systems that could operate from Canada or elsewhere.
C6 Launch will provide the launch services required to establish Concert Technologies’ satellite constellation.
On 2021-04-28, Virgin Orbit was selected by the Brazilian government as one of four commercial launch operators to use the Alcântara Launch Center alongside C6 Launch, Hyperion, and Orion AST.
C6 Launch Systems, a Canadian small launch vehicle developer, plans to launch from Shetland Space Centre and recently announced it will conduct engine tests at Spaceport America in New Mexico in the next several months.