The agreement grants Isar a $150 million, 10-year lease for the MLS launch site, with the option to extend up to an additional 10 years. Development of the facility is scheduled to begin later this year, with Isar targeting 2028 for its first orbital launches from the new site.<\/p>\n
“Canada is the next step in our roadmap to bring full end-to-end launch capability to sovereign nations,” Alexandre Dalloneau, Isar’s mission and launch operations vice president, said in a company statement<\/a> on Tuesday (July 7). “And we are proud to be doing it here in, and together with, Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n By 2029, Isar hopes to be able to support up to 40 launches from the new Canadian site. \u201cBy combining Isar Aerospace\u2019s launch vehicle, Spectrum, with Spaceport Nova Scotia\u2019s licensed infrastructure, we are creating the conditions for reliable orbital launch services from Canada,” MLS President and CEO Stephen Matier said in the same statement.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n MLS has positioned Spaceport Nova Scotia as a multi-user launch center, designed for expansion based on future customer needs. It’s one of Canada’s first-ever facilities designed to support orbital launches \u2014 Canadian company NordSpace is constructing a launch pad<\/a> of its own with a similarly flexible framework, but neither it nor Isar has yet carried out a successful orbital launch.<\/p>\n Isar has tried, however. Spectrum launched for the first time<\/a> in March 2025, from Europe’s And\u00f8ya Spaceport<\/a> in Norway, but the rocket began to tumble shortly after clearing the tower and fell back to Earth<\/a> in a fiery explosion. Since then, the company has rolled Spectrum out several times for a second launch opportunity but has run up against either weather or technical delays that have scrubbed each attempt.<\/p>\n Still, that hasn’t slowed the company’s efforts. Dalloneau sees Isar’s success as one of international importance.<\/p>\n![\"Space\"](\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/media\/img\/spc-logo-w.svg\"){kind=logo}
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