Overview
- Isar Aerospace and Maritime Launch Services signed the facilities agreement on July 7, 2026, for a dedicated Spectrum launch complex at Spaceport Nova Scotia near Canso.
- Under the deal MLS will provide the launch pad, an integration building, a launch operations center and a payload processing complex for Isar’s two-stage Spectrum rocket.
- Isar will pay US$3.75 million per quarter under an initial 10-year term with two five-year renewal options and a 30-month fee waiver that begins after the contract’s first year.
- Work on the Nova Scotia complex is slated to begin later in 2026 with first launches expected in 2028, and Isar says it plans to scale operations over time toward dozens of missions a year, which depends on successful tests and approvals.
- The agreement links to industrial-offset ties with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and Canada’s recent naming of TKMS as preferred submarine supplier, and it advances Canada’s stated push for sovereign launch capability and local economic activity.