Canadian Space Flight @CanadianSpFlt

Groundwork Continues! The site now appears to be slightly expanded and more dug out. Additionally there are a bunch of labeled stakes around the property. As of now there is no active new material being brought in, but we expect to see that soon to make the Dec SF deadline.

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We are extremely proud to announce that NordSpace has entered Phase 2 construction at the Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX), Canada’s largest spaceport, marking the next major step toward Canada's first fully sovereign orbital launch. Phase 2 opens with a six-kilometre launch access road going to SLC-01 (Space Launch Complex 01), engineered specifically to carry our Tundra light-lift and Tempest medium-lift vehicles to the pad. Phase 1 began in 2024 and culminated in landmark environmental approvals, crown lands grants, construction of Pad 2A at SLC-02, and initial flight tests. Phase 2 is targeted for completion by Spring 2027, at which point installation will begin of the core systems that bring the spaceport online: two orbital launch pads, mission control, propellant storage, launch platforms and towers, ground stations, vehicle integration hangars, ground support equipment, utilities, and the first elements of a visitor centre. Together, these milestones bring ASX on schedule to support made-in-Canada orbital launch NET 2028, in alignment with the Department of National Defence’s Launch the North timeline. Phase 2 is a critical piece of a vision now being executed in parallel across every layer of our integrated program: 🛰️ Our own satellite, Terra Nova, is operating in orbit, retiring risk and testing common hardware and operations at TRL-9 across our launch and space systems, and has made us the first Canadian launch company operating its own hardware in space. 🏭 At Rocket Factory 1 in Markham, Ontario, Tundra is making rapid progress leveraging advanced manufacturing in metal additive and automated composites for its orbital class propulsion systems and primary/secondary structures. 🏗️ At the ASX in St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador, the roads, pads, and systems that will host Canada's first sovereign orbital launches are now being physically built. 🔥 Area 66 in Eastern Ontario, Canada’s largest rocket propulsion test facility privately owned and operated by NordSpace, is entering a new phase of development with seven new test cells dedicated to scaling our Hadfield-150 orbital-class engine test program. 🚀 The Taiga suborbital launch vehicle is awaiting its first flight pending final regulatory approvals, expected any week now. Taiga will be scaling to a nationwide sovereign launch platform called VERTEX to retire launch procurement risk, build operational cadence, stress test regulations and policies, and provide real Canadian-made operational capability. Each of these milestones is in service of the same commitment: launching Canadian rockets, carrying Canadian payloads, from Canadian soil. Phase 2 follows the recent $10M combined investment in ASX from the Government of Canada through ACOA, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and NordSpace private capital, now being deployed in significant part through our partnerships with local contractors and suppliers across the Burin Peninsula. ASX is Canada's largest and most capable spaceport, with the widest range of launch inclinations, the largest safety distances, and the highest approved launch cadence anywhere in the country. We own and operate the spaceport ourselves, which gives us full autonomy over our launch site, regulatory posture, and operational tempo. We are also working closely with Transport Canada on launch approvals and authorizations under Canada's new Commercial Space Launch Act, with further announcements expected in the near term, alongside major upcoming news on investments and contracts across our launch, spacecraft, propulsion, and spaceport programs. Codspeed and Ad Astra! 🚀🇨🇦 @NationalDefence @Transport_gc @csa_asc @GovNL @ACOACanada @DavidMcGuinty @SeanFraserMP @stevenmackinnon @EvanLSolomon @TonyWakehamNL

Groundwork has begun! The Canada Rocket Company has started ground work on the new Jeremy Hansen Testing Facility. ︀ Most of the space has been levelled into a rectangular gravel area. ︀︀ ︀︀Ready for construction. CRC's goal is to static fire here in 2-3 months.

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