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    Canada Leases Space Port in Bid to Break Reliance on US Rockets like SpaceX


    Canada Leases Space Port in Bid to Break Reliance on US Rockets like SpaceX

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-16/canada-leases-space-port-in-bid-to-break-reliance-on-us-rockets-like-spacex?leadSource=reddit_wall&embedded-checkout=true

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    2. DarthPineapple5 on

      Did anyone bother to tell Carney that Canada does not have any orbital rockets nor are there any being seriously funded and even if there were Nova Scotia is a pretty shit place to launch from for anything except polar orbits?

      Seems like an exceptionally well thought through plan other than those tiny details

    3. CurtisLeow on

      Nova Scotia could do polar launches. It’s not a very good location for low inclination launches. The launch site is 45 degrees north of the equator. It’s difficult to see any situation where Canada becomes a significant player here, just because of the geography of that launch site. Any rocket launching from that launch site is going to be at a major disadvantage performance-wise for low inclination launches. But they would have an advantage in that they wouldn’t need two launch site.

      It’s also a remote launch site. That is fine for expendable rockets. A reusable rocket needs to have a more accessible launch site. With a reusable rocket, most of the workforce is at the launch site. The outskirts of Halifax would be a better location for a reusable orbital rocket.

      Canada should be investing into space. It’s going to take a lot more than the equivalent of 133 million USD. Realistically they’re going to need a billion or so to develop even a small rocket and launch pad. I personally think they would be better off focusing on satellite and spacecraft manufacturing for now instead of orbital rockets. Canada doesn’t have the industrial scale needed to make up for the poor launch site.

    5. elatllat on

      2025 Orbital Launch Count:

      – private: 239

      – China: 77 

      – Russia: 17

      – India: 5 

      – Japan: 4 

      – South Korea: 2

      – Israel: 1

      – Iran: 1

    7. monchota on

      I get what they are trying to do but practically its bad. Its basically taking Canada our of space for a generation. Musk deserves hate but hes not SpaceX and all the talented people working there are not Musk. SpaceX is literally a decade ahead of anyone else. Its not even close, so its SpaceX/reusable or bust.

    8. TMWNN on

      Canadians are far more flag-obsessed than Americans. The maple leaf appears in the logo/signage of every single company in Canada, including Canadian subsidiaries of US companies.

      Given that Canada’s contribution to the US space program for the past 50 years has been called (drum roll, please) Canadarm, I expect to see red-and-white Canashuttles (named *Anne Murray*, *Rush*, *Gordon Lightfoot*, and *Margaret Atwood*) launching from Canso, NS (renamed Cape Canadaveral).

    9. Decronym on

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      |Fewer Letters|More Letters|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[CBC](/r/Space/comments/1rwcown/stub/oaz1be1 “Last usage”)|Common Booster Core|
      | |Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|
      |[ESA](/r/Space/comments/1rwcown/stub/oazch5b “Last usage”)|European Space Agency|
      |[MDA](/r/Space/comments/1rwcown/stub/oaz2whj “Last usage”)|[Missile Defense Agency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Defense_Agency)|
      | |[MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacDonald,_Dettwiler_and_Associates), owner of SSL, builder of Canadarm|
      |[NS](/r/Space/comments/1rwcown/stub/oazzkva “Last usage”)|New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle, by Blue Origin|
      | |Nova Scotia, Canada|
      | |Neutron Star|
      |SSL|Space Systems/Loral, satellite builder|
      |[ULA](/r/Space/comments/1rwcown/stub/oazkw8h “Last usage”)|United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture)|

      |Jargon|Definition|
      |——-|———|—|
      |[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1rwcown/stub/oaz2whj “Last usage”)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|

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