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Canada’s First Commercial Rocket Launch Delayed

Propellant Issue Pushes Back Newfoundland Liftoff

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Tom Patton
Oct 01, 2025
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Atlantic Spaceport Complex

A long-anticipated rocket launch that would have marked the first commercial spaceflight from Canadian soil has been postponed after engineers identified propellant inconsistencies during final preflight checks, according to NordSpace.

The Toronto-based company had planned the maiden flight of its Taiga suborbital rocket from th…

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