Canada's MDA taps SpaceX to launch CHORUS satellite constellation

MDA Space

25/10/2023 17:10

Oct 25 (Reuters) - Canada's MDA Ltd  MDA.TO  said on
Wednesday it had selected Elon Musk's SpaceX to be the launch
service provider for CHORUS, the space technology firm's
next-generation satellite constellation for Earth observation.
    MDA's satellite constellation, or a group of artificial
satellites working together as a system, is set to be launched
on SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket in the fourth quarter of 2025 from
Florida.
    "The production of CHORUS is well underway and we are
looking forward to once again working with SpaceX to launch our
next generation Earth observation capability," said Mike
Greenley, CEO of MDA.
    MDA was SpaceX's first private customer for a commercial
mission using the Falcon 9 rocket about a decade ago, in which
the spacecraft carried Canadian commercial and scientific
satellites.
    

 (Reporting by Yamini Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)
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