Comment by beloch

There is a Canadian company developing launch capability[1].

There was some awareness that relying on American launch capability was a problem after the Radarsat-2 kerfuffle. The Americans deemed that satellite a threat to U.S. national security, so it had to be launched by Russia. Now Russia's off the table too.

If Nordspace pans out, Canada will finally have domestic launch capability and won't have to worry about a foreign country refusing to launch satellites.

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[1]https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/nordspace-signs-20-m...