Canada and France launch joint work on space-launch and ground-reception systems

Prime Minister Mark Carney said on September 20 that Canada and France had tasked their space agencies and defence ministries with jointly developing space-launch systems and ground-reception facilities. The action was announced at a joint press conference in French Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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The decision moves plans for deeper security and technology ties into a specific joint-development assignment with potential effects on the space industry, defence communications and ground infrastructure. Budgets, timelines, implementing bodies, launch locations and procurement arrangements have not been disclosed.

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