Precious Payload announced a partnership with Maritime Launch Services Inc. to market satellite delivery services to payload developers through its Launch.ctrl online marketplace. Maritime Launch is developing Spaceport Nova Scotia and will serve small satellite market clients including broadband, earth observation, and remote sensing constellations. Spaceport Nova Scotia will be the first commercial orbital launchcomplex in Canadaoffering white label launches and related services.

Commercial spaceports are actively entering the space launchmarket as individual contributors, with examples emerging in Australia, the U.K., Norway, and Brazil. This trend is being driven by the need for greater frequency and reliability of launches, as well as by the development of new spaceports offering lower costs and flexibility. Earlier this year, Maritime Launchannounced a partnership with Canadian rocket manufacturer Reaction Dynamics to perform its inaugural suborbital flight in 2023 and to also launch their first orbital launch vehicle, the Aurora, in 2024 as a white label offering from Spaceport Nova Scotia.

Maritime Launch has also signed a white-label agreement with Scotland's Skyrora to launch satellites for both Maritime Launch and Skyrora clients, using the Skyrora XL vehicle. Maritime Launchremains on track to bring the medium class launcher, the Cyclone-4M (C4M), developed by Yuzhnoye and Yuzhmash, with a first launch scheduled for 2025. In November 2021, Maritime Launchannounced Nanoracks as the first launch client for the inaugural launch of the C4M from Nova Scotia.

The Launch.ctrl platform by Precious Payload is designed to minimize costs and development timelines while maximizing launch schedule reliability and mission assurance. Beyond simply functioning as a marketplace for satellite launches, its templates for mission description and the workplace for team collaboration bridge the gap between payload engineers and a launchprovider's business development, sales, marketing, and launch-management teams. Earlier this year, Precious Payload successfully introduced a new version of its commerciallaunch schedule and released individual pages for launch and hosted payload providers, their vehicles, and upcoming missions (with all available launch service operators including brokers, commercial spaceports, and OTVs). Using Precious Payload's Launch.ctrl platform, any payload developer can find the best commerciallaunch or hosted payload solution for their instrument or experiment.