NordSpace

Founded in 2022, NordSpace is a defense system integrator based in Markham, Canada working in space, unmanned systems, communications & satcom.

NordSpace is a Canadian space company developing orbital launch vehicles (Tundra, Tempest), a spaceport (Atlantic Spaceport Complex in Newfoundland and Labrador), satellites and in-space propulsion, and its own liquid rocket engines (Hadfield, Garneau, Bondar), which are 3D printed in-house. Its SHARP program offers dual-use hypersonic and high-altitude systems for defence and commercial customers, including the SHARP Arrow UAV, SHARP Sabre sub-orbital rocket and M2S-HyRock hypersonic engine. The company has received Department of National Defence funding through the Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security program, including an 8.33 million Phase 1 award for the Tundra vehicle and funding for a very low Earth orbit satellite constellation for defence and public safety connectivity. NordSpace also operates a Space Systems Lab, which is launching the Terra Nova dual-use defence and commercial demonstration satellite, and NordSpace Ventures, a venture investment arm focused on Canadian space and defence companies. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, the company has an Ottawa office focused on policy and government relations.