"We do have letters of intent signed for payloads," said Steve Matier, president of Maritime Launch Services. Maritime Launch Services plans to build a $100-million satellite launch facility roughly 2.5 kilometres from Canso, which is about 300 kilometres east of Halifax. Map based on the proposal submitted to the Nova Scotia government by Maritime Launch Services Ltd. Matier said the Ukrainian-built rockets Maritime Launch Services intends to use have a 98 per cent success rate over 208 launches. Proposed 2020 launch dateTransport Canada expects it will take Maritime Launch Services about a year to prepare its risk assessment.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2017 09:30 UTC