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Manufacturing Now Underway at New High-Volume Satellite Facility

By MDA Space - March 3, 2026

Satellite

Just a year ago, our new 185,000 square-foot high-volume satellite manufacturing expansion in Montréal was a steel beam structure spanning more than three football fields. The envelope would be finished at the end of March and it would only take eight months to move in the first equipment. Clean rooms recently became operational and now flight model production has begun in this next-generation facility that doubles our floor space.

  • Lunar Dawn Team Awarded NASA Lunar Terrain Vehicle Contract

    By Holly Johnson - April 5, 2024

    Robotics

    NASA has awarded a Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services (LTVS) contract to the Lunar Dawn team, led by Lunar Outpost as the prime contractor along with its teammates General Motors (GM), The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Leidos and MDA Space. The diverse team combines proven robotic and human space exploration heritage, cutting edge technology and automotive industry strengths to create a true off-road vehicle for living and working on the Moon’s surface.

  • Introducing MDA SPACE: Same Trusted Mission Partner. New Space.

    By MDA Space - March 8, 2024

    News

    Today we introduced our new name – MDA Space – signaling our full focus at the forefront of a new era of space innovation.

  • SEEING IS BELIEVING

    By MDA Space - February 1, 2024

    Earth Observation

    Our space-based technology and its Earth-bound derivatives are helping to tackle some of the biggest problems facing our planet and the people who inhabit it. MDA Space actively strives to conduct all business in a sustainable, equitable and ethical manner, and our business solutions and advanced space technology enable us to participate in multiple environmental and social endeavours. 

  • NEXT GIANT LEAP

    By MDA Space - January 2, 2024

    Thought Leadership

    As an industry leader in the new 'Space Age', our four-part podcast series Next Giant Leap in partnership with GZERO Media dives into the economics and geopolitics of space from low Earth orbit to the role of space in transforming communication, defence, AI and climate action. 

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