Mission Control Space Services

Mission Control Space Services is a Canadian space technology company located in Ottawa, Ontario. The company was founded in 2015, and has since operated out of the Carleton Led Accelerator at Carleton University[1]. Primarily, Mission Control Space Services focuses on technology development, industry consulting, and education and outreach projects.

Mission Control Space Services
IndustryAerospace
FoundedMarch 2015
FounderEwan Reid
Headquarters162 Elm Street West
Ottawa, Ontario
K1R 6N5
ServicesRobotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Planetary Rovers, STEM Education & Outreach
Websitemissioncontrolspaceservices.com

About

In 2015, the company won its first contract with the Canadian Space Agency to develop ASAS: the Autonomous Soil Assessment System.[2][3] ASAS eventually will be used to detect unknown hazards such as soft soil that could immobilize a planetary rover (much like what happened to NASA's Spirit Rover). Operating in real time, the technology aims to increase the navigation autonomy of rovers in challenging terrain and improve their speed. The contract, valued at CA$469,925, was awarded on November 8, 2015, under the Space Technologies Development Program (STDP) from the CSA. ASAS is being developed in collaboration with key partners both from academia and industry, including Concordia’s Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation, Dr. Krzysztof Skonieczny; Dr. Karl Iagnemma; and two Canadian companies, Ontario Drive and Gear and Canadensys Aerospace Corp.

In 2018 and again in 2019, the company secured funding from the Canadian Space Agency for development of an operations and autonomy framework for upcoming commercial lunar exploration missions[4]. Software from Mission Control Space Services will help guide the Rashid Lunar Rover, a component of the Emirates Lunar Mission, scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2022.[5]

References
  1. "Houston, We Have a Space Company". Carleton Newsroom. December 2, 2015.
  2. "Exploring the surface of a planet: young entrepreneurs at work". Canadian Space Agency. January 27, 2016.
  3. "Sky's the limit for robotics startup: Carleton student lands $500,000 contract for space agency software design". Ottawa Business Journal. December 21, 2015.
  4. "Ottawa tech firms land $1M in funding from Canadian Space Agency". Ottawa Business Journal. May 28, 2019.
  5. "Shining star: Ottawa's Mission Control Space Services soaring to new heights: Little Italy-based company's software poised to play key role in historic lunar research effort". Ottawa Business Journal. June 2, 2021.
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