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MDA Space Canada

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Brampton, Ontario, United States
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An undisclosed customer is paying MDA 180 million Canadian dollars to start engineering a non-geostationary constellation of 36 satellites.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipNov 20, 2023MDA gets $131 million from mystery NGSO constellation customer

MDA is providing Globalstar 17 low Earth orbit satellites in 2025 to refresh a constellation Apple uses for iPhone space-enabled emergency services.

Mentioned as: mdaTechnical ProductNov 20, 2023MDA gets $131 million from mystery NGSO constellation customer

MDA Ltd. received an Authorization to Proceed (ATP) contract from an undisclosed customer to start work on a new Non-Geostationary Orbit satellite constellation on 2023-11-17.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipNov 17, 2023MDA INITIATES WORK ON A NEW DIGITAL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION

MDA serves the world from its Canadian home and global offices and operates in robotics, satellite systems, and geointelligence.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductNov 17, 2023MDA INITIATES WORK ON A NEW DIGITAL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION

Rocket Lab expects revenues and gross margins to improve in 2024 as Electron launches increase and as it begins to deliver Globalstar satellites under a contract with MDA.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipNov 9, 2023Rocket Lab plans to resume Electron launches in late November

MDA completed the acquisition of SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd., the digital payload division of SatixFy Communications Ltd.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2023MDA Completes Acquisition of the Digital Payload Division of SatixFy Communications

Telesat expects the Lightspeed constellation to be $2,000,000,000 cheaper with MDA compared with earlier plans.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative FinancialNov 1, 2023SpaceNews Icon Awards honorees: Deal of the Year

The SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. team will collaborate with MDA’s Satellite Systems business in Montreal to advance MDA’s new digital satellite product offering.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2023MDA Completes Acquisition of the Digital Payload Division of SatixFy Communications

The SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. team will collaborate with MDA’s Satellite Systems business in Montreal to advance MDA’s digital satellite product offering.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2023MDA COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF SATIXFY DIGITAL PAYLOAD DIVISION

MDA Ltd. completed its acquisition of SatixFy Space Systems UK Ltd. on 2023-10-31.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipOct 31, 2023MDA COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF SATIXFY DIGITAL PAYLOAD DIVISION

CHORUS production is underway and MDA will work with SpaceX to launch the mission.

Mentioned as: MDAOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2023MDA Selects SpaceX to Launch CHORUS Earth Observation Constellation

Through Canada’s RADARSAT program, MDA has established a reputation for excellence in near-real-time, broad-area, commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data for mission-critical applications.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductOct 26, 2023MDA Selects SpaceX to Launch CHORUS Earth Observation Constellation

In 2013 MDA became the first commercial customer to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipOct 26, 2023MDA Selects SpaceX to Launch CHORUS Earth Observation Constellation

MDA became the first commercial customer to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in 2013.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipOct 25, 2023MDA’s CHORUS constellation will launch via SpaceX

On 2023-10-25, MDA selected SpaceX to be the launch service provider for CHORUS.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralOct 25, 2023MDA SELECTS SPACEX TO LAUNCH CHORUS CONSTELLATION

MDA developed the RADARSAT series, which includes RADARSAT-1 (1995), RADARSAT-2 (2007), and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (2019).

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralOct 25, 2023MDA SELECTS SPACEX TO LAUNCH CHORUS CONSTELLATION

MDA became the first commercial customer to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in 2013.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipOct 25, 2023MDA SELECTS SPACEX TO LAUNCH CHORUS CONSTELLATION

MDA’s software-defined satellite product portfolio includes a class of standardized and modular satellites that meet multiple non-geostationary orbits and frequencies with dynamic in-orbit reconfiguration and improved power efficiency.

Mentioned as: MDATechnical ProductSep 12, 2023MDA Unveils its New Software-Defined Satellite Product Line at World Satellite Business Week

MDA offers a family of digital beamforming-enabled electronically-steered direct radiating arrays that address multiple non-geostationary orbits and frequencies, provide direct RF conversion, and include native beam hopping capability compliant with DVB standards.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaOrg RelationshipSep 12, 2023MDA Unveils its New Software-Defined Satellite Product Line at World Satellite Business Week

Telesat switched satellite suppliers to MDA after supply chain issues caused delays for a constellation it initially planned to start launching in 2020.

Mentioned as: MDA Space CanadaNarrative GeneralSep 11, 2023Telesat signs multi-launch SpaceX deal covering all Lightspeed satellites
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