Fleet Space Technologies is forming a partnership with Canadian metal exploration company, Power Nickel, the company announced Feb. 1. It will mark the first deployment in Canada of Fleet Space’s satellite-based mineral exploration system. This system aims to enable faster, more environmentally-friendly exploration for high-grade nickel deposits at Power Nickel’s flagship NISK project in Quebec. New…

Rocket Lab launched from the East Coast on Tuesday evening, in a milestone launch for the company that had been long delayed.  An Electron rocket launched  “Virginia Is For Launch Lovers” mission from Launch Complex 2 at at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia on Jan. 24 at…

The government of Canada is making space launch a priority, announcing a series of measures on Friday to license commercial space launch from the country.  Transport Canada, the nation’s federal institution responsible for transportation policies and programs, said it will license commercial space launch on a case-by-case basis while it develops regulatory requirements, safety standards…

Spaceflight has signed a deal with Canada’s Maritime Launch Services to launch up to five of its Sherpa orbital transfer vehicles (OTVs) from missions from its Nova Scotia spaceport beginning in 2025.  Maritime Launch is developing a Spaceport Nova Scotia, a spaceport near Canso in Nova Scotia. The company will operate the launch Cyclone-4M medium-class…