NordSpace secured Canadian Department of National Defence funding to advance a very low Earth orbit satellite concept for space-domain awareness and resilient connectivity.
The award moves the startup beyond launch-vehicle development into sovereign satellite capability, giving Canada another domestic path for responsive space missions and defense-focused smallsat infrastructure.
VLEO architectures trade atmospheric drag for lower-latency, higher-resolution operations, making propulsion, replenishment cadence, and manufacturing economics central to whether the concept scales.
