The Canadian Space Agency has awarded MDA The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a $35.3 million contract to MDA Ltd. to design a key component of Canadarm 3.
The Canadian Space Agency has awarded a contract worth $35.3 million to MDA Ltd. to design a key component of Canadarm 3.
The funds will be used to design Gateway External Robotics Interfaces or grapple fixtures for Canadarm 3, which is Canada’s contribution to the U.S.-led Lunar Gateway, a small space station that will orbit the moon.
The contract is a follow-on to the first phase of interface work awarded in August 2019.
The first elements of Gateway will launch in 2024, with Canadarm 3 scheduled to launch two years later.
The contract is the third awarded to MDA for the multiphase Canadarm 3 program valued at more than $1 billion.