Canada-based MDA Space has opened a 185,000 square foot expansion of their existing manufacturing facilities in Montreal. The facility is specially designed to simultaneously and continuously assemble, integrate and test multiple MDA Aurora satellites, the company’s flagship line of digital satellite products.

“Designed to meet the changing and highly competitive technical and business requirements of the industry, the fully integrated MDA Aurora portfolio provides satellite operators with exceptional flexibility and functionality. These software-defined, dynamic beamforming satellites provide a new level of performance and efficiency in space-based networks for customers,” said MDA.

“We’ve been designing and building advanced satellite technology for more than 60 years, contributing to Canada’s role as a leading space faring nation. This new facility is a symbol of continuity, but also of change, as we expand our offering to respond to emerging market demand today. We wish to thank our partners who made it possible to achieve this milestone in less than two years,” commented Luigi Pozzebon, VP/Satellite Systems, MDA Space.

MDA Space has a workload backlog of some C$3.7 billion (€2.3bn) and on May 7th said it saw revenues for its Q1 2026 of C$464 million, up 32 per cent YoY. It guided that 2026 overall revenues would be in the C$1.7-$1.9 billion range.

Its client portfolio includes work for NASA, Canada’s Space Agency, the European Space Agency, Maxar Technologies, Viasat and Airbus Space.

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