RDX takes a stake in Maritime Launch Services and will launch from Spaceport Nova Scotia (spaceq.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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It seems like c/Canada is usually politics and sadness, so here's some interesting and possibly happy news.

[Ontario based] Reaction Dynamics Labs Inc. (RDX) ... has signed an agreement with Maritime Launch Services (MLS) for a stake in the company and announced it will launch its Aurora-8 small satellite orbital rocket from Spaceport Nova Scotia which is owned and operated by MLS.

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[-] steever@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

Going to be interesting to see, a lot of excitement around the space port. I think Canso county is going to under go a lot of change between this potential wind energy development.

[-] egerlach@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

I was trying to see what orbits this site would be good for, and found the answer in Wikipedia, which then led to an older SpaceQ article describing it from back when they were considering the site

Seems viable, although niche. In the past, launching companies/nations would look for a small number of launch sites that would cover all the orbits they needed. I wonder if the future is many launch sites each specializing in a few particular orbits. I also wonder what the deltaV efficiency is compared to a more equatorial site.

Also, while I would prefer that this site were being developed by a Canadian company, if they're respectful to how we do things in Canada and the local community, as far as I'm concerned they're welcome. Not that my opinion matters in this decision. Good to see a Canadian supplier getting business, though.