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SpaceX wins contract for the launch of three Canadian satellites

Hawthorne , USA - The operation will support the largest space program to date in the North-American country

US' aerospace company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) was awarded a launch reservation contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to support the largest space program to date in Canada, carrying the three satellites to orbit that will make up the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) on a Falcon 9 rocket in 2018. "SpaceX appreciates MDA’s confidence in our ability to safely a...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1154404
Rome, Italy, 07/31/2013 15:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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