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Magellan Aerospace Corporation

CA
commercial
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
www.magellan.aero
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Magellan’s Winnipeg facility produced the platforms for the SCISAT-1, CASSIOPE, and RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellites.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipMar 13, 2023Magellan Aerospace awarded SDA smallsat contract by Canadian government

Magellan Aerospace has supplied space systems to Canadian and global markets for more than 60 years.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralMar 13, 2023Magellan Aerospace awarded SDA smallsat contract by Canadian government

On 2023-03-09, Canada's Department of National Defence awarded a contract worth C$15,800,000 (US$11,300,000) to Magellan Aerospace of Winnipeg, Manitoba for the Redwing project.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipMar 10, 2023Canadian military orders space surveillance micro satellite

Magellan Aerospace’s Winnipeg facility has produced spacecraft platforms (buses) for CASSIOPE and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission satellite.

Mentioned as: Magellan AerospaceTechnical ProductMar 10, 2023Canadian military orders space surveillance micro satellite

Magellan Aerospace of Winnipeg is the prime contractor that will lead a team to design, build, and operate the Redwing microsatellite hosting a suite of optical sensors.

Mentioned as: Magellan AerospaceTechnical ProductMar 10, 2023Canadian military orders space surveillance micro satellite

The July 2022 observation campaign used the Lowell Discovery Telescope, the Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, and the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralAug 29, 2022DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid

Magellan Aerospace Corporation partnered with RocketFrac Services Ltd. to develop a new fracturing technology that uses solid rocket propellant as an alternative to hydraulic fracturing.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Magellan Aerospace and RocketFrac Services sign manufacturing contract

Magellan Aerospace Corporation will manufacture and deliver all charges for the RocketFrac fracturing technology from its Winnipeg facility by the end of 2022.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipMay 18, 2022Magellan Aerospace and RocketFrac Services sign manufacturing contract

Defossé founded Magellan International School, a pre-K to 8th grade non-profit independent school in Austin, Texas, in 2009.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralMay 5, 2022Slingshot Aerospace Has Hired A New COO, And Promoted Another To Chief Scientist

Defossé is currently the Director Emeritus of Magellan International School.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralMay 5, 2022Slingshot Aerospace Has Hired A New COO, And Promoted Another To Chief Scientist

Nine founding members of Space Canada include Calian, GHGSat, Magellan Aerospace, Maritime Launch Services, MDA, Mission Control, NorthStar Earth & Space, SpaceBridge, and Telesat.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralMar 20, 2022Nine Canadian Space Companies Create The Space Canada Association

The report recommended the NSF invest roughly $800,000,000 in each of the Giant Magellan Telescope and Thirty Meter Telescope in exchange for at least 25% of observing time.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipNov 25, 2021Astro2020: A decadal survey that spans decades

The decadal survey recommended that the NSF invest roughly $800,000,000 in each of the Giant Magellan Telescope and the Thirty Meter Telescope in exchange for at least 25% of observing time.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationOrg RelationshipNov 4, 2021Astrophysics decadal survey recommends a program of flagship space telescopes

NASA’s Magellan orbiter launched in 1989 and its mission ended in 1994.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralJun 2, 2021NASA selects two Venus missions for Discovery program

GPS 3 SV02 (Magellan) launched in August aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket and has completed on-orbit testing.

Mentioned as: Magellan Aerospace CorporationNarrative GeneralFeb 9, 2020Lockheed Martin delivers new GPS satellite scheduled for April launch aboard Falcon 9
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