First Canada, Then The World: Nation’s Rocket Builders See A Bigger Opening In Space

May 11, 2026

Canadian rocket builders want Canada to stop hitching rides to space at the discretion of foreign providers, and the federal government has put a significant sum towards changing that.

At the Canadian Space Launch Conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, the founders of three startups—event organizer NordSpaceCanada Rocket Company, and Reaction Dynamics—unpacked what sovereign space launch capabilities truly mean, why we need them, and where they think Canada has an opportunity to lead globally.

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