CanadaThe budget backs medium-lift rockets from at least 2 spaceports.
SpaceX is retiring Falcon 9, opening a medium-lift gap Canadian companies want to fill.
Canada’s defence department awarded C$200 million over 10 years to Spaceport Nova Scotia and C$20 million to NordSpace.
The budget sets no clear timeline for the medium-lift upgrade.
Small sovereign rockets are expected to fly from the two spaceports in 2028.
How each outlet framed it
- Payload
- frames the C$142B budget as putting money behind a sovereign launch sector, noting the Eh-ther history of sounding rockets and the timing gap for medium-lift rockets
Sources: Payload