MDA Space Ltd.
MDA·NYSE·Industrials·CIK 0001857047
MDA Space Ltd. provides space technology solutions and services across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and internationally. The company offers satellite communications solutions, including space-based broadband Internet, direct-to-device satellite communication, and IoT connectivity. Its product line includes MDA AURORA, a software-defined digital satellite product. MDA Space Ltd. also develops autonomous robotics systems and services for operations in space and on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars, encompassing robotic systems, interfaces, tooling, ground control stations, and operations services. It provides electro-optic and light detection and ranging sensors, vision and targeting systems, guidance, navigation, and control subsystems, and planetary rover locomotion subsystems. Key robotics products include MDA SKYMAKER, a suite of scalable and modular space robotics, and Canadarm3.
The company delivers satellite-generated imagery and data for national security, climate change monitoring, and maritime surveillance, alongside the collection, processing, and dissemination of Earth imagery data from space. It offers defense command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions, such as command and control systems and airborne surveillance solutions, as well as aeronautical navigation information solutions and long endurance uncrewed aerial vehicle surveillance services. MDA Space Ltd. owns and operates the RADARSAT-2 Earth observation satellite and is involved in the operation of MDA CHORUS, an Earth observation mission. Its customers include governments and space agencies, commercial space companies, and defense and aerospace prime contractors within the space industry. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Brampton, Canada. It changed its name from MDA Ltd. to MDA Space Ltd. in May 2024.