God it’ll be nice to be able to watch a space launch without having to… you know go to the US. Hopefully by the time this gets made the US cools down a bit but for the next 3 years at least a lot of Canadians are gonna be slightly weary about going to the USA
Chris3013 on
Can’t wait for this to be completed, it’ll be a perfect excuse to visit Newfoundland for the first time
12wew on
For those outside of the know, the Canadian govt is heavily investing in the domestic launch industry.
Late last year they announced 200 million in funding for development of small payload lift capacity with additional funding for long term medium launch vehicles.
The consistent work of several individuals in outreach and education; the new federal government; and the inflamed relationship with the united states have all combined to bring about a new paradigm in Canadian aerospace.
It’s very exciting as an aerospace student, for a career path that was thought to have been impossible to follow less than a decade ago to now be accelerating so fast.
chewy_mcchewster on
Is it not way more expensive to launch from a higher latitude than the Equator?
> ” The site’s strategic location at approximately 46 degrees north latitude offers one of the widest ranges of launch trajectories in North America — from about 44 to 105 degrees inclination — allowing efficient access to polar, sun-synchronous, and even some equatorial orbits over the Atlantic Ocean. ”
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God it’ll be nice to be able to watch a space launch without having to… you know go to the US. Hopefully by the time this gets made the US cools down a bit but for the next 3 years at least a lot of Canadians are gonna be slightly weary about going to the USA
Can’t wait for this to be completed, it’ll be a perfect excuse to visit Newfoundland for the first time
For those outside of the know, the Canadian govt is heavily investing in the domestic launch industry.
Late last year they announced 200 million in funding for development of small payload lift capacity with additional funding for long term medium launch vehicles.
The consistent work of several individuals in outreach and education; the new federal government; and the inflamed relationship with the united states have all combined to bring about a new paradigm in Canadian aerospace.
It’s very exciting as an aerospace student, for a career path that was thought to have been impossible to follow less than a decade ago to now be accelerating so fast.
Is it not way more expensive to launch from a higher latitude than the Equator?
> ” The site’s strategic location at approximately 46 degrees north latitude offers one of the widest ranges of launch trajectories in North America — from about 44 to 105 degrees inclination — allowing efficient access to polar, sun-synchronous, and even some equatorial orbits over the Atlantic Ocean. ”
hmm…