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September 25th, 2025
Image credit: NordSpace/Inside Outer Space screengrab
NordSpace’s inaugural flight from the Atlantic Spaceport Complex has been complex and perplexing. Repeat launch attempts have been thwarted to fly the group’s pathfinder mission, called “Getting Screeched In”, a demonstration flight of the fully Canadian-made sub-orbital rocket – Taiga.
As Canada’s first commercial spaceport, the Atlantic Spaceport Complex (ASX) can support equatorial to polar orbits, multiple launch pads, and represents a milestone in the making from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Image credit: NordSpace/Inside Outer Space screengrab
Fuel-rich scenario
Following this week’s latest technical snag to loft the Taiga rocket, the update from NordSpace is the following:
September 25, 2025 08:00:
“We have made the decision to postpone our launch attempt, and we will share a new expected launch date in the coming weeks. After detailed review over the last 15 hours, the root cause has been discovered to be related to our propellant quality slightly differing between vehicle tests at our test facility in Ontario, compared to our first launch test in Newfoundland and Labrador at our spaceport.”
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This led to a fuel-rich scenario, NordSpace posts. “All systems on the rocket and ground performed nominally after careful review.”
As the NordSpace manufacturing and testing facilities are located in Ontario, “there’s no expedient way to make the necessary modification with the temporary infrastructure and suppliers we have in place at our launch site.”
Permanent presence
Undaunted, although all of their major facilities and capabilities are located in Ontario, “we are rapidly developing our permanent presence in Newfoundland and Labrador both in St. John’s and in St. Lawrence to better support Canada’s sovereign launch efforts.”
Image credit: NordSpace/Inside Outer Space screengrab
That permanent presence includes on-site propellant generation, manufacturing, water deluge systems, range tracking radar, weather monitoring stations, satellite communications, mobile all-season launch hangars, permanent mission control, and more.
Lastly, NordSpace appears resolute in their quest:
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal,” points out the group. “It is the courage to continue that counts. Codspeed!”
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