Mission Control Space Services is a Canadian company specializing in developing advanced software and AI solutions for the space industry. They offer services like robotic control, autonomous vehicles, and planetary rovers, with their Spacefarer™ software designed for simplifying mission development and operations. They partner with organizations like the Canadian Space Agency, European Space Agency, and have worked with companies like ispace and Spire Global. Their work focuses on enabling new scientific and commercial opportunities on the Earth, Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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ABB Inc., Bubble Technology Industries, Mission Control, and Western University are working under early-stage contracts for Canada’s lunar utility rover program.
Mission Control CEO Ewan Reid attended the Artemis II launch in Florida.
Mission Control’s software did not ultimately reach the Moon successfully on the 2023 ispace landing mission.
Argotec’s SpacePark Mission Control Center in Italy acquired signal from all seven satellites after launch and orbit insertion operations were completed.
Bright Ascension is accelerating the rollout of its cloud-based mission control services.
The three partners will combine expertise in military communications payloads, mission control, satellite platform design and industrialization, secure ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
The University of Saskatchewan received a $436,500 FAST Category A grant for an open-source radiation-tolerant microcontroller using FinFET technology for future space mission control and on-board data processing.
Dream Chaser demonstrated command-and-telemetry capabilities with mission control in Louisville, Colorado using NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and Radmor will combine expertise in military communications payloads, mission control, satellite platform design, industrialization, secure ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
The consortium will move into detailed design and mission control planning after the industrial agreement.
The GEO satellite project will use military communications payloads, mission control, satellite platform design and industrialization, secure ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity expertise from the three partners.
Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and RADMOR will combine expertise in military communications payloads, mission control, satellite platform design and industrialization, secure ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
Jeremy Hansen advised future lunar astronauts to learn the systems they may need to operate without Mission Control.
The Artemis II crew safely reconfigured Orion’s systems with Mission Control after the smoke detector alarm.
For select customers, MDA MIDNIGHT can be operated through MDA Space’s Mission Control Center.
Mission Control’s Phase 0 study includes defining mission tasks, advancing critical technologies, and establishing the groundwork for a full prototype.
Mission Control received a $4.7 million contract to execute the rover’s initial Phase 0 study.
Mission Control has selected Magellan Aerospace to join its team developing concepts for Canada’s Lunar Utility Rover.
Mission Control and Magellan Aerospace are working together on advanced systems for safe, reliable lunar surface logistics and astronaut spacewalk support.
In July 2025, the Canadian Space Agency awarded $14.6 million in initial funding across Mission Control, Canadensys Aerospace, and MDA Space for preparatory 18-month studies for the rover.