A demonstration rocket from the Netherlands’ T-Minus Engineering took off from MLS’s spaceport near Canso, N.S., at midday Thursday and was a “complete mission success,” according to MLS CEO Stephen Matier. The suborbital launch (its second, after one by a student group in 2023) is a step toward MLS’s goal of launching payloads into permanent orbit around Earth. (The Logic)

Talking point: Another Canadian company, NordSpace, is trying to do the same thing from a site in Newfoundland. MLS and NordSpace each say being able to send things into space without depending on other countries would be good for Canada and its space sector, and the federal government seems to agree. The road has been long and sometimes difficult (NordSpace is still trying for its first launch), but Canadian space giant MDA bought into MLS’s vision earlier this month with a $10-million investment.