NordSpace Corporation

The deal was announced at a National Space Industry Conference in Ottawa.

National Defence is seeking a Canadian rocket able to reach orbit on 96 hours' notice by 2028, and Nord Space is targeting spring of 2027 to complete its current construction phase.

Women-led businesses in Newfoundland and Labrador have been honored at the annual awards of the Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs.

The Orem Group of Companies in Glovertown took the Entrepreneurial Excellence Award.

PLD, you're counting on.

NordSpace, road and pad construction.

Where's Spaceport?

All right, so I've got two stories here about the two spaceports in Canada.

Let's call them Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

The first one, NordSpace.

This company actually is very new, only about three years old.

They're trying to build a spaceport on Newfoundland called the Atlantic Spaceport.

[crowd cheering]

A celebratory moment as Nord Space's first satellite reached orbit this month, but a mixed victory for the CEO of the Canadian company, Rahul Goel.

We launched in a SpaceX vehicle.

It was bittersweet because you're like, "That's gotta be our vehicle." It will be pretty soon.

That's why we're taking steps to strengthen our space capabilities

To help get a Canadian rocket to orbit by 2028, the federal government doled out $8.3 million to each of the three major Canadian rocket builders.

Nord Space and Canada Rocket Company both got money, as did Reaction Dynamics.

They've been working on a unique type of engine since 2017.

a ride on an American SpaceX rocket.

But eventually, the Canadian company Nord Space plans to use its own launch vehicles.

They say they designed and assembled their satellite in just nine months.

Sporting AI-powered cameras, they say it could be used to keep an eye on the Arctic, watch for wildfires, or track other objects in orbit, playing a role in maintaining Canadian sovereignty and public safety.