Canada is Finally Getting Its First Spaceport
Halifax - based Maritime Launch Services has confirmed its plans to build up a $ 148 - million rocket spaceport near Canso , Nova Scotia . schedule for closing in 2020 , it ’ll be Canada ’s first and only site where rocket can be plunge into orbit . In a joint speculation with several US firms , Maritime Launch Services(MLS ) is building Canada ’s first spaceport . At a full toll of $ 304 million — a figure that includes the monetary value of the first arugula launch and promotional expenses — the launch pad is slated to deliver commercial satellites to low Earth electron orbit aboard Ukrainian - build up Eruca vesicaria sativa on a due south flight , and at a cost of $ 60 million per launch ....