🚀 Barracuda | 🛰 Various scientific and educational payloads
Launch date: October 1, 2025 00:00 UTC
Payload: Various scientific and educational payloads
Location: Spaceport Nova Scotia, Canada
Vehicle: Barracuda
Dutch rocket developer T-Minus Engineering will launch two Barracuda suborbital rockets from Spaceport Nova Scotia in October 2025. The launches are part of a partnership with Maritime Launch Services and will carry various scientific and educational payloads for multiple customers. The Barracuda can carry up to 40 kg to an altitude of about 120 km. The payloads’ details have not been fully disclosed, and this marks the Barracuda’s first civil launch in Canada amid some ambiguity about its prior launch history. The missions are intended to demonstrate integrated flight operations and support future hypersonic testing programs in Canada.
Spaceport Nova Scotia, Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spaceport Nova Scotia, situated near Canso in Nova Scotia, is poised to become Canada’s first commercial orbital spaceport. Developed and operated by Maritime Launch Services, the facility will support both medium and small-class rocket launches, with a primary focus on the Ukrainian-built Cyclone-4M rocket. The site has been selected for its remote location and optimal trajectory conditions for polar and sun-synchronous orbits.
Construction of Spaceport Nova Scotia began in late 2021, and the first launches are anticipated to take place in the mid-2020s. The project marks a significant milestone for Canadian space infrastructure, aiming to position the country as a player in global commercial space launches. In addition to planned Cyclone-4M flights, the spaceport may see operations from other launch vehicles, such as Barracuda, and contribute to regional economic growth and the expansion of Canada’s aerospace sector.